Canada's Men's Rugby Team opened the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship with a narrow 20-17 loss to Uruguay in Montevideo on Saturday evening

Canada's tries were scored by Ciaran Hearn, Theo Sauder & Jamie Mackenzie, with two points off the boot of Sauder. Uruguay's tries were scored by Federico Favaro, Ignacio Dotti and Guillermo Pujadas.

Uruguay, who played with 14 men for 65 minutes of the game after scrum half Santiago Arata was given a red card for a dangerous tackle on winger Andrew Coe, scored on the final play of the game off a pick-and-go to seal the three point victory.

Canada will now travel to Brazil for the second game of the tournament in Sao Paolo on February 9th.

SCORING

URUGUAY 20

Tries – F. Favaro (13’), I. Dotti (69’), G. Pujadas (80’)

Cons – F. Favaro 0/1, J. Cat 0/1, A. De León 1/1 (80’)

Pens – J. Cat 1/1 (25’)

Red cards – S. Arata (16’)

CANADA 17

Tries – C. Hearn (37’), T. Sauder (41’), J. Mackenzie (61’)

Cons – T. Sauder 1/3 (42’)

Pens – T. Sauder 0/2

Yellow cards – B. LeSage (54’)

Canada Roster:

1. Djustice Sears-Duru – (Seattle Seawolves) Oakville, ON

2. Eric Howard – (NOLA Gold) Ottawa, ON

3. Matt Tierney – (Pau) Oakville, ON

4. Conor Keys – (Rotherham Titans) Stittsville, ON

5. Josh Larsen – (Austin Elite) Parskville, BC

6. Kyle Baillie – (NOLA Gold) Summerside, PEI

7. Lucas Rumball – Captain(Toronto Arrows) Mississauga, ON

8. Luke Campbell – (James Bay AA) Victoria, BC

9. Jamie Mackenzie – (Toronto Arrows) Oakville, ON

10. Pat Parfrey – (Unattached) St. John’s, NL

11. Kainoa Lloyd – (Toronto Arrows) Mississauga, ON

12. Ciaran Hearn – (London Irish) Conception Bay South, NL

13. Ben LeSage – (UBC Thunderbirds) Vancouver, BC

14. Andrew Coe – (Markham Irish) Toronto, ON

15. Theo Sauder – (Toronto Arrows) Vancouver, BC

16. Noah Barker – (Utah Warriors) Courtenay, BC

17. Ryan Kotlewski – (Westshore RFC) Calgary, AB

18. Cole Keith – (Toronto Arrows) Sussex, NB

19. Mike Sheppard – (Toronto Arrows) Brampton, ON

20. Dustin Dobravsky – (Castaway Wanderers) Hanover, Germany

21. Nakai Penny – (Seattle Seawolves) Penticton, BC

22. Will Percillier – (Stade Francais) Mill Bay, BC

23. Nick Blevins – (Calgary Hornets) Calgary, AB

URUGUAY

1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Germán Kessler, 3 Mario Sagario, 4 Ignacio Dotti, 5 Diego Magno, 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (capt.), 7 Juan Diego Ormaechea, 8 Alejandro Nieto, 9 Santiago Arata, 10 Juan Manuel Cat, 11 Nicolás Freitas, 12 Andrés Vilaseca, 13 Joaquín Prada, 14 Federico Favaro, 15 Rodrigo Silva

Replacements: 16 Guillermo Pujadas, 17 Facundo Gattas, 18 Juan Echeverría, 19 Gonzalo Soto Mera, 20 Leandro Segredo, 21 Tomás Inciarte, 22 Andrés De León, 23 Agustín Della Corte

2019 ARC Schedule:



Canada 17 - 20 Uruguay



Canada vs. Brazil

February 9

Venue TBC

Sao Paolo, Brazil

Kick-off: 20:15 local time (5:15pm ET/2:15pm PT)

Broadcast:

Live on TSN 3



Canada vs. Chile

February 22

Westhills Stadium

Langford, BC

Kick-off: 10pm ET/7pm PT

Broadcast:

Live on TSN 5



Canada vs. Argentina XV

March 1

Westhills Stadium

Langford, BC

Kick-off: 10pm ET/7pm PT

Broadcast:

Live on TSN 5



Canada vs. USA

March 8

Starfire Sports

Seattle, USA

Kick-off: 10pm ET/7pm PT

Broadcast:

Live on www.tsn.ca/TSNApp

Tape delay 11pm ET/8pm PT on TSN 2