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With Aaron Carpenter on the shelf, Mark Anscombe has chosen to go with a veteran winger as his newest skipper.

DTH van der Merwe, who’s reeling in Winston Stanley as Canada’s all-time leading try scorer (he’s just three back of Stanley), will captain Canada vs. Romania on Saturday in Bucharest (8 a.m. PT, TSN2 & TSN GO).

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The change in leadership was forced after Carpenter broke his arm early in the second halflast Saturday vs. Ireland.

Romania is ranked 16th in the world, compared to No. 18 for Canada. The Oaks are coming off a 23-10 win over the 17th-ranked U.S. Eagles last Saturday in Bucharest.

The Canadians last faced Romania at last year’s Rugby World Cup, when they blew a 15-0 lead in the second half, losing to the Romanians 17-15. It capped a winless RWC.

Van der Merwe scored the opening try in that match. He’s scored in six straight matches — seven tries in all — going back to the pre-RWC match vs. Fiji.