Napier — Japan's up-tempo style of play was always going to cause trouble to Canada's more physical approach but the best part of the final result wasn't the drawn scores so much as two of the lower-ranked teams playing such entertaining rugby.
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Napier — Coach John Kirwan spoke of his pride in Japan's performance after they came within a whisker of winning only their second match in Rugby World Cup history.
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Napier — Police are praising the behaviour of rugby fans after a trouble-free RWC Canada v Japan game this evening in Napier.
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Napier — Canada and Japan played out only the third draw in the history of the Rugby World Cup, finishing 23-23 at McLean Park on Tuesday.
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Napier — Japan and Canada have named full-strength line-ups for Tuesday’s massive Pool A clash at McLean Park.
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Napier — Canada head coach Kieran Crowley made two changes to the squad that took on France last Sunday when he announced his 22-man line-up to play Japan in the Pool A match at McLean Park on Tuesday.
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Napier — Coach John Kirwan hopes less will mean more after making only two changes to the starting line-up for Japan's final match against Canada.
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Napier — With their match against Japan fast approaching, Canada's players are embracing the hype as the atmosphere in Napier’s town centre turns to carnival.
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Napier — Japan will try to salvage pride from their Rugby World Cup 2011 campaign by claiming their first victory at the tournament in two decades against Canada at McLean Park next Tuesday.
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Napier — Japan may be known as the Brave Blossoms, but they have been a thorn in the side of Canadians since the last Rugby World Cup.
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Napier — It may read Canada v Japan on Tuesday night's fixture list but in the battle of the coaches it will be Kiwi facing Kiwi.
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Napier — Canada, who came into the RWC 2011 ranked 14th in the world, are a team on the move.
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Napier — Canada coach Kieran Crowley may not have liked the scoreline in Sunday's clash with France but at least he has been consoled by a clean bill of health.
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Napier — At six pounds, seven ounces, Hayden Emily Pritchard may not be the biggest Canada rugby fan, but she certainly means the most to full back James Pritchard.
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Napier — Canada captain Pat Riordan remained defiant in defeat after his side's 49-16 defeat by France in their Pool A match at McLean Park on Monday.
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Napier — Eleven players will taste World Cup rugby for the first time in the match between Canada and France at McLean Park, Napier on Sunday - all of them for Les Bleus.
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Napier — The same 22-man Canada squad who beat Tonga 25-20 in Pool A on Wednesday will line up against France in Napier on Sunday.
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Napier — Strategy has been considered, the ground work put in place and the finer detail attended to – Napier will be ‘match ready’ for the Rugby World Cup.
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Napier — Hawke's Bay will host two matches; France vs Canada on 18 September and Canada vs Japan on 27 September.
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Napier — Calling all ‘Visitors from Hawke’s Bay’ and otherwise to get involved and help spread the word when the Rugby World Cup Roadshow with TVNZ’s Tamati Coffey comes to Napier on Tuesday July 19th.
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Napier — The man who spent seven years as an All Blacks centre has been chosen as the Hawke's Bay rugby legend as part of the Living Legends project.
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