Canada, ranked 23rd in the world after failing to qualify for the World Cup, allows late try to 19th-ranked Portugal
A Canadian comeback fell short Saturday as Manuel Cardoso Pinto scored a late try to give Portugal a 20-17 win in an international rugby test.
Cole Keith also scored a try for the 23rd-ranked Canadians, who trailed 10-5 at the half. Rob Povey added a conversion. The Portugal backs made inroads on the Canadian defence as the half wore on but several good moves ended in handling errors.Portugal had another good attack going in the 48th minute only to see it end in a penalty just metres from the try-line.
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