Canada Cup 1996

Canada Cup 1996
1996-09-08 - 1996-09-14
Host nation  Canada
No. of nations 4
Champions  New Zealand
Runner-up  United States
Matches played 6

The second Canada Cup took place in Edmonton and featured New Zealand and France for the first time ever, as well as the USA and the hosts. New Zealand had missed the previous World Cup in 1994 and, aside from a couple of games against an untried Australia, had played no international rugby since 1991, when they had lost to the USA in the World Cup semi-finals. What would they be like after a five year lay-off? Up against three of the four leading nations it would be a real test...

In practice New Zealand were devastating...

Final table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 283 11 6
2  United States 3 2 0 1 69 116 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 51 113 2
4  France 3 0 0 3 19 182 0

Results

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1996-09-08 Canada  3-88  New Zealand Edmonton [15/11/2]
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1996-09-08 France  16-39  United States Edmonton [36/20/1]

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1996-09-11 New Zealand  88-8  United States Edmonton [12/21/3]
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1996-09-11 Canada  34-3  France Edmonton [16/37/1]

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1996-09-14 France  0-109  New Zealand Edmonton [38/13/1]
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1996-09-14 Canada  14-22  United States Edmonton [17/22/6]

See also

Preceded by
Canada Cup 1993
Canada Cup
1996
 New Zealand
Succeeded by
Canada Cup 2000
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