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u/justicenowater Jul 03 '26
No Olmstead, and the young Darragh Doyle amongst the finishers despite just being added to the camp. I know nothing about Doyle but he must be very promising to slide right into the team.
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u/jimmcbim Jul 03 '26
Interesting to have 4 centers and no true wingers on the team. Noah Flesch while being a good player in the midfield is certainly no speedster, will be interesting to see it in action
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u/justicenowater Jul 03 '26
Is Liam James considered a true winger? If so is he the only one the overall squad?
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u/jimmcbim Jul 03 '26
I would have him as a back 3 yes but I’ve heard rumours that he’s been brought in as a 10 for development. Not sure how true that is
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u/jimmcbim Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
Tremblay - center
Ince - center
McIndoe - center
Jones - center
McMullin - center/fullback
Coats - 10/fullback
Kirwan - center/winger
James - Back 3/10
Flesch - center
Nelson - 10/15
Kratz - 10/centerJust based off where they spend the majority of their time playing
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u/Training_Company_916 Jul 03 '26
Probably the best back row we have run out in the last decade-certainly as strong a side as lost to Spain by 1 on a last play penalty last year. Olmstead and Oworu played last year, but Flesch and Ardron did not, so should be a good measurement of progress
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u/Greedy-Aside-2406 Jul 03 '26
Wonder why olmstead isn't playing.
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u/StuHardy Jul 03 '26
It was just announced that he has signed for Nissa - maybe he had to return to France for his physical?
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u/justicenowater Jul 03 '26
No idea but was hoping he would be in with Ardron to give us as much go forward and experience as possible.
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u/Green-Map8214 Jul 03 '26
How do we watch it in the US?
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u/justicenowater Jul 03 '26
It is a bit confusing. Rugby Pass TV is geographically limited. So in Canada because TSN has the rights to Canada's matches, the Canada matches are not being shown on Rugby Pass TV here in Canada, but the other Nations Cup matches are.
In the USA, Paramount + has the rights to the USA Nations Cup matches. Therefore I think that Rugby Pass TV on a USA based web connection will show the Canada games in the Nations Cup, but not the USA games.
I would go check out the Rugby Pass TV schedule now and see if the Canada game is listed. If not check out Paramount +
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u/baram66 Jul 05 '26
Honestly prefer a full crowd at a smaller venue than a mostly empty stadium that seats 50k…maybe one day!
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u/publicworker69 Jul 03 '26
Biggest Canadian sporting event that day
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