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The 2007 Canada rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of matches played in June 2007 in New Zealand by the Canada national rugby union team.
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The 2007 Canada rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of matches played in June 2007 in New Zealand by the Canada national rugby union team.
| 16 June 2007 |
| New Zealand | 64–13 |  Canada |
| Try: Carter 3, Gear Hore, Howlett McAlister, Masoe Schwalger, Sivivatu Con: Carter 7 | report | Try: Pyke Con: Pritchard Pen: Pritchard 2 |
| Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France) |
| New Zealand | Canada | |||
| Mils Muliaina | FB | 15 | FB | Mike Pyke |
| Doug Howlett | W | 14 | W | Justin Mensah-Coker |
| Luke McAlister | C | 13 | C | Craig Culpan |
| Aaron Mauger | C | 12 | C | Dave Spicer |
| Sitiveni Sivivatu | W | 11 | W | James Pritchard |
| Dan Carter | FH | 10 | FH | Ryan Smith |
| Byron Kelleher | SH | 9 | SH | Morgan Williams (capt.) |
| Jerry Collins | N8 | 8 | N8 | Sean-Michael Stephen |
| Chris Masoe | F | 7 | F | Stan McKeen |
| (capt.) Reuben Thorne | F | 6 | F | Colin Yukes |
| Ross Filipo | L | 5 | L | Mike Burak |
| Troy Flavell | L | 4 | L | Luke Tait |
| Neemia Tialata | P | 3 | P | Scott Franklin |
| Andrew Hore | H | 2 | H | Pat Riordan |
| John Schwalger | P | 1 | P | Kevin Tkachuk |
| Replacements | ||||
| Keven Mealamu | 16 | F | Aaron Carpenter  | |
| Carl Hayman | 17 | P | Dan Pletch | |
| Rodney So'oialo | 18 | P | Mike Pletch | |
| Richie McCaw | L | 19 | L | Josh Jackson |
| Piri Weepu | SH | 20 | F | Adam Kleeberger |
| Rico Gear | C | 21 | C | Dean van Camp |
| Leon MacDonald | FB | 22 | SH | Ed Fairhurst |
| Coaches | ||||
| Graham Henry |
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