SCOTLAND聽 48
CANADA聽 10
The flower of Scottish rugby was in full bloom Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.
Scotland, ranked No. 6 in the world, ran across seven tries on the No. 21 Langford-based Canadian national team in a 48-10 Test victory before 12,824 fans.
The Canadian highlight was more of the career variety as scrum-half Phil Mack of Victoria earned his 50th cap.
鈥淚t was obviously disappointing,鈥� Mack said of the result.
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George Turner scored three tries for Scotland while sa国际传媒 got a penalty try and a penalty goal from Shane O鈥橪eary.
At the other end of the career spectrum, earning their fourth and second caps, respectively, were starters Luke Campbell of Victoria and Noah Barker of Courtenay.
It was also a notable moment for Doug Fraser, the University of聽 Victoria Vikes alumnus now with the Castaway Wanderers of Oak Bay, who started in the centres.
sa国际传媒 is 1-4 all-time in Tests against Scotland.
The game kicked off a crucial summer Test series to prepare sa国际传媒 for the last-chance qualifier in November for the 20th and final berth into the 2019 World Cup in Japan. The other Tests in the series are against Russia in Ottawa on Saturday and against the U.S. Eagles in Halifax on June聽23.
The 30-man Canadian long roster for the series is made up of 12 pros, both from overseas clubs and in the newly established North American Major League Rugby, and 18 players who are centralized at the Rugby sa国际传媒 training centre in Langford.
Meanwhile, world No. 4 sa国际传媒 made it to the semifinal round of the women's Paris Sevens before falling to 34-7 to New Zealand. sa国际传媒 is assured of a top-four finish, to improve on its fifth-place last month at home in the sa国际传媒 Sevens at Westhills Stadium.
The 2016 Rio Olympic bronze-medallist Canadian side has had an uneven season that it is attempting to stabilize ahead of the 2018 World Cup next month at AT&T Stadium in San Francisco.
sa国际传媒 went 2-1 in pool play against Russia, Fiji and Australia before edging the U.S. 26-24 in the quarter-finals. Bianca Farella reached the 100-try career plateau.
The Canadian men鈥檚 sevens squad, also based in Langford, went 2-1 in pool play Saturday in Paris to advance to a quarter-final date today against Ireland. sa国际传媒 defeated Scotland and Russia 26-14 and 33-7, respectively, before losing 28-0 to Rio Olympics bronze-medallist South Africa.
Mike Fuailefau of Victoria achieved a career plateau as the SMUS graduate scored his 50th try in the World Series.
Also in the lineup were Luke McCloskey and Connor Braid ,both of Victoria, Luke Bradley of Port Alberni, Pat Kay of Duncan and captain and former UVic Vikes great Nathan Hirayama.
