Canada Cup 1996
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The second Canada Cup took place in Edmonton
and featured for the first time New Zealand and France, 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...
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Edmonton
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and featured for the first time New Zealand and France, 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 |
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| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | |||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 11 | 6 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 116 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 113 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 182 | 0 | |
Results
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See also
- Women's international rugby - includes all women's international match results
- Churchill CupChurchill CupThe Churchill Cup was an annual rugby union tournament, held in June, contested by representative men's teams from Canada, England, the United States, and other invited teams from a wide array of countries....