Saturday's rugby test match between Canada and Scotland could see as many as 16 players make their international debut.
Lucas Rumball - Scott Taetsch/Getty ImagesSaturday's rugby test match between Canada and Scotland could see as many as 16 players make their international debut.
The Scottish bench features debutants in Northampton hooker Robbie Smith, Glasgow Warriors prop Nathan McBeth, Leicester Tigers prop Will Hurd, Oyannax lock Ewan Johnson and Edinburgh winger Ross McCann. Scottish players left at home to rest include star fly half Finn Russell as well as Ben White, Ali Price, Blair Kinghorn, Darcy Graham, Richie Gray, Zander Fagerson, Jack Dempsey, Hamish Watson, Grant Gilchrist and Sam Skinner.
Australian-born winger Nic Benn, a former Toronto Arrow and current Dallas Jackal who spent part of his childhood in B.C. and qualifies for Canada via his Canadian-born mother, earns his first cap for Canada. Rumball is one of three Chicago Hounds in the matchday squad. There are also four players from the Dallas Jackals, two from RFC Los Angeles and one from the San Diego Legion.
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