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In the first game of a three-city tour (they play the Russians in Ottawa and the United States in Halifax) the 21st-ranked Canadians made Scotland work for everything it got, but the gap between a rugby powerhouse and rebuilding program in a non-traditional market was clearly evident.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do, but there’s no better place to start than against a team of that caliber,” said Jones. “That pack is the Edinburgh pack. I’ve coached against Edinburgh for a number of years and everything I expected from them came today.”

The sixth-ranked team in the world scored on a penalty kick in the fourth minute, a try in the ninth minute and never looked back, pulling away for good late in the first half when a Ruaridh Jackson try made it 15-3.

“Both teams were physical and I thought Canada did a lot of good things,” said Scottish coach Gregor Townsend. “They were dangerous when they got the ball. We had a period in that first half where we didn’t execute as well as we have in training, but that’s the difference when playing a game.”

Any hope for a stunning international upset was dead and buried early in the second half when Scotland went up 22-3.

Canada cut it to 22-10 on a penalty try in the 48th minute, but all that seemed to do is light a fire under Scotland. They got that one back in the 57th minute, added another to make it 34-10 in the 68th minute and piled on to make it 41-10 in the 73rd and 48-10 in the 80th.

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Both sides remember very well the controversial 19-17 Scottish victory when these two teams met in Toronto four years ago and while the Canadians were determined to prove it was no fluke, the Scots made it known from the outset that they have grown immensely since that day and would not be caught flat footed again.