Canada Cup 1996

Womens Rugby Tournament

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pixels = 50px
women = yes
datefrom = 1996-09-08
dateto = 1996-09-14
host = Canada
nations = 4
champion = New Zealand
runnerup = USA
matches = 6
top scorer = 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...

Final Table

Results

wrugbybox
test# = 139
date = 1996-09-08
nohome = ruw-rt| CAN
score = 3-88
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Edmonton
code = 15/11/2

wrugbybox
test# = 140
date = 1996-09-08
nohome = ruw-rt| FRA
score = 16-39
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Edmonton
code = 36/20/1 ----wrugbybox
test# = 141
date = 1996-09-11
nohome = ruw-rt| NZL
score = 88-8
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Edmonton
code = 12/21/3

wrugbybox
test# = 142
date = 1996-09-11
nohome = ruw-rt| CAN
score = 34-3
noaway = ruw|FRA
stadium = Edmonton
code = 16/37/1 ----wrugbybox
test# = 143
date = 1996-09-14
nohome = ruw-rt|FRA
score = 0-109
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Edmonton
code = 38/13/1

wrugbybox
test# = 144
date = 1996-09-14
nohome = ruw-rt| CAN
score = 14-22
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Edmonton
code = 17/22/6

ee also

*Women%27s international rugby - includes all women's international match results
*Churchill Cup