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US downs Canada in rugby

Mike Te'o scored three tries as the United States defeated Canada 51-34 in Americas Rugby Championship action on Saturday night.

Ryan Matyas, Tony Purpura, Todd Clever and John Quill also had tries for the Americans, while Saun Davies added five conversions and a penalty. Will Magie kicked another penalty for the U.S.

Taylor Paris, with two, Phil Mack, George Barton and Admir Cejvanovic replied with tries for Canada. Robbie Povey booted a conversion and a penalty. Gordon McRorie chipped in with two conversions of his own.

Both teams called up relatively young rosters for the Americas Rugby Championship with an eye on development ahead of the countries' clash in a two-legged World Cup qualifier later this year.

Canada opened the tournament with a 20-6 loss to Argentina's second-tier side on Feb. 4 before bouncing back with a 36-15 victory over Chile last weekend.

The U.S. is now 3-0 after a 29-23 victory over No. 23 Uruguay and a 51-3 whitewash of No. 34 Brazil.

Ranked 17th in the world, the Americans jumped on No. 18 Canada early and led 15-0 after just 11 minutes at a soggy Swangard Stadium.

Matyas scored a try in the second minute, with Davies nailing the conversion for a 7-0 edge. The U.S. then stole a Canadian line out and eventually fed the ball to Te'o, who sliced his way to another try in the fifth minute that Davies failed to convert from a tough angle.

Magie then made it 15-0 on a penalty from 45 yards out.

Making his first test start for Canada, Povey missed a penalty from inside 40 metres in the 13th, but fed Paris moments later for the hosts' first try. Povey missed the ensuing conversion to keep the deficit at 10.

Mack got Canada closer in the 21st minute on a nice move from five metres out, and Povey's conversion made it 15-12.

Davies booted a penalty 10 minutes later from 35 yards out to put the U.S. up by six, but Povey responded with a penalty of his own from 40 metres.

Canadian captain Ray Barkwill was shown a yellow card with three minutes left in the half, and the Americans took advantage when Purpura finished off a rolling maul with a try before Davies' conversion made it 25-15 at the break.

Povey missed another penalty three minutes into the second half, and the U.S. went back the other way with Te'o getting on the end of a chip to score his second try. The score stood at 30-15 after Davies missed the conversion.

The Americans put the game out of reach in the 54th when Clever went over for a try, with Davies' conversion making it 37-15.

Paris suffered a head injury late in the first half, but returned to score his second try in the 57th when he made a nice move to avoid a tackler to make it 37-20. McRorie missed the conversion.

Quill then went over for the Americans' sixth try in the 65th minute, that Davies converted to make it 44-20.

Barton scored a try in the 69th to make it 44-27 after McRorie's conversion, but Te'o put an accent on his night with his third try two minutes later that Davies once again converted.

Cejvanovic scored a try in the 77th that McRorie converted.



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