| 2008 Canada rugby union tour of Europe | |||||
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 Portugal |
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 Ireland |
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 Wales |
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 Scotland |
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The 2008 Canada rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Europe by Canada national rugby union team. Canadian won only the first match against Portugal, and lost the other three.
| 1 November 2008 |
| Portugal | 13–21 |  Canada |
| Try: Silva Con: Leal Pen: Leal 2 | report | Try: Kleeberger, Pritchard Con: Pritchard Pen: Pritchard 3 |
| Est. Universitario, Lisbona Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland) |
| Portugal | Canada | |||
| Pedro Silva | FB | 15 | FB | James Pritchard |
| Aderito Esteves | W | 14 | W | Dean van Camp |
| David Mateus | C | 13 | C | Bryn Keys |
| Diogo Mateus | C | 12 | C | Ryan Smith |
| Goncalo Foro | W | 11 | W | Phil MacKenzie |
| Pedro Cabral | FH | 10 | FH | Ander Monro |
| Pedro Leal | SH | 9 | SH | Morgan Williams |
| Tiago Girao | N8 | 8 | N8 | Aaron Carpenter |
| Salvador Palha | F | 7 | F | Adam Kleeberger |
| Vasco Uva | F | 6 | F | Andrew Fagan |
 Juan Severino Somoza | L | 5 | L | Stu Ault |
| David dos Reis | L | 4 | L | Tyler Hotson |
| Diogo Fialho | P | 3 | P | Mike Pletch |
| João Correia | H | 2 | H | Pat Riordan |
| Joao Junior | P | 1 | P | Kevin Tkachuk |
| Replacements | ||||
 Juan Murre | P | 16 | Frank Walsh | |
| Duarte Figueiredo | P | 17 | Travis Robertson | |
| Valter Jorge | L | 18 | Luke Cudmore | |
| Julien Bardy | F | 19 | F | Jebb Sinclair |
| Lourenco Kadosh | 20 | Sean Duke | ||
| Duarte Pinto | FH | 21 | FH | Nathan Hirayama |
| Diogo Gama | W | 22 | Sean White | |
| Coaches | ||||
| Tomaz Morais | Kieran Crowley  |
| 8 November 2008 |
| Ireland | 55–0 | Canada |
| Try: Earls 2', Kearney 13' Heaslip 30' Keaney 35' Bowe 40', D. Wallace 67' Quinlan 80', Bowe 80+6' Con: O'Gara 3' 14' 31' 36' 40' P Wallace 68' Pen: O' Gara 6' | report |
| Thomond Park, Limerick Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France) |
| Ireland | Canada | |||
| Keith Earls | FB | 15 | FB | James Pritchard  61' |
| Tommy Bowe | W | 14 | W | Ciaran Hearn |
| 62' (capt.) Brian O'Driscoll | C | 13 | C | Bryn Keys |
| Luke Fitzgerald | C | 12 | C | Ryan Smith |
| Rob Kearney | W | 11 | W | Justin Mensah-Coker |
| 56' Ronan O'Gara | FH | 10 | FH | Ander Monro 65' |
| 55' Eoin Reddan | SH | 9 | SH | Ed Fairhurst |
| 58' Jamie Heaslip | N8 | 8 | N8 | Aaron Carpenter |
| Shane Jennings | F | 7 | F | Adam Kleeberger |
| Stephen Ferris | F | 6 | F | Sean-Michael Stephen 45' |
| 56' Paul O'Connell | L | 5 | L | Josh Jackson |
| Donncha O'Callaghan | L | 4 | L | Mike Burak 73' |
| 41' 70'Tony Buckley | P | 3 | P | Jon Thiel |
| 41' Jerry Flannery | H | 2 | H | Pat Riordan (capt.) 75' |
| 70' Marcus Horan | P | 1 | P | Kevin Tkachuk 70' |
| Replacements | ||||
| 41' Rory Best | H | 16 | H | Mike Pletch 75' |
| 41' John Hayes | P | 17 | P | Frank Walsh 70' |
| 56' Alan Quinlan | L | 18 | L | Tyler Hotson 73' |
| 58' David Wallace | N8 | 19 | F | Jebb Sinclair 45' |
| 55' Peter Stringer | SH | 20 | C | Morgan Williams |
| 56' Paddy Wallace | FH | 21 | FH | Matt Evans 65' |
| 62' Shane Horgan | C | 22 | FB | Phil MacKenzie 61' |
| Coaches | ||||
 Declan Kidney | Kieran Crowley |
| 14 November 2008 |
| Wales | 34–13 | Canada |
| Try: Stoddart 24', Halfpenny 39' Penalty try 58', 70' Halfpenny 80' Con: Biggar 59' 71' 80' Pen: Biggar 46' | report | Try: Smith 73' Con: Pritchard 74' Pen: Pritchard 9' 31' |
| Millennium, Cardiff Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) |
| Wales | Canada | |||
| Morgan Stoddart | FB | 15 | FB | James Pritchard |
| Leigh Halfpenny | W | 14 | W | Ciaran Hearn 69' |
| 45' Tom Shanklin | C | 13 | C | Bryn Keys 60' |
| Andrew Bishop | C | 12 | C | Ryan Smith |
| Mark Jones | W | 11 | W | Justin Mensah-Coker |
| 18' James Hook | FH | 10 | FH | Ander Monro |
| 51' Martin Roberts | SH | 9 | SH | Ed Fairhurst  22' to 32' 57' |
| 51' (capt.) Ryan Jones | N8 | 8 | N8 | Aaron Carpenter |
| Robin Sowden-Taylor | F | 7 | F | Adam Kleeberger |
| Dafydd Jones | F | 6 | F | Jebb Sinclair 53' |
| Luke Charteris | L | 5 | L | Josh Jackson |
| Ian Gough | L | 4 | L | Tyler Hotson 60' |
| 51' Rhys M. Thomas | P | 3 | P | Jon Thiel 37' |
| Richard Hibbard | H | 2 | H | Pat Riordan (capt.) |
| John Yapp | P | 1 | P | Kevin Tkachuk 71' |
| Replacements | ||||
| Matthew Rees | 16 | P | Mike Pletch 37' | |
| 64' Eifion Lewis-Roberts | P | 17 | P | Frank Walsh 71' |
| Alun Wyn Jones | 18 | L | Mike Burak 60' | |
| 51' Andy Powell | N8 | 19 | N8 | Sean-Michael Stephen 53' |
| 51' Dwayne Peel | SH | 20 | SH | Morgan Williams 22'-32' 57' |
| 18' Dan Biggar | FH | 21 | W | Matt Evans 69' |
| 45' Jamie Roberts | C | 22 | C | Dean van Camp 60' |
| Coaches | ||||
| Warren Gatland | Kieran Crowley |
| 22 November 2008 |
| Scotland | 41–0 | Canada |
| Try: Walker 2', 70', Cairns 37' Barclay 41', Strokosch 56' Lamont73' Con: Godman 38', 42', 57' Parks 71' Pen: Godman 32' | report |
| Pittodrie, Aberdeen Attendance: 18,000 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland) |
| Scotland | Canada | |||
| Rory Lamont | FB | 15 | FB | James Pritchard |
| 64' Simon Webster | W | 14 | W | Sean Duke |
| Ben Cairns | C | 13 | C | Ciaran Hearn 61' |
| Nick de Luca | C | 12 | C | Ryan Smith |
| Nikki Walker | W | 11 | W | Justin Mensah-Coker |
| 58' Phil Godman | FH | 10 | FH | Matt Evans 47' |
| 58' (capt.) Mike Blair | SH | 9 | SH | Ed Fairhurst (c) 52' |
| Simon Taylor | N8 | 8 | N8 | Aaron Carpenter 72' |
| 51' John Barclay | F | 7 | F | Adam Kleeberger |
| Alasdair Strokosch | F | 6 | F | Jebb Sinclair 72' |
| Jim Hamilton | L | 5 | L | Josh Jackson 52' |
| 75' Nathan Hines | L | 4 | L | Tyler Hotson |
| Euan Murray | P | 3 | P | Scott Franklin |
| 64' Ross Ford | H | 2 | H | Mike Pletch |
| 51' Allan Jacobsen | P | 1 | P | Kevin Tkachuk 67' |
| Replacements | ||||
| 64' Dougie Hall | H | 16 | P | Frank Walsh 67' |
| 51' Alasdair Dickinson | P | 17 | F | Jason Marshall 72' |
| 75' Matt Mustchin | L | 18 | L | Mike Burak 52' |
| 51' Scott Gray | F | 19 | N8 | Sean-Michael Stephen 72' |
| 58' Rory Lawson | SH | 20 | SH | Morgan Williams 52' |
| 58' Dan Parks | FH | 21 | FH | Nathan Hirayama 47' |
| 64' Max Evans | W | 22 | C | Bryn Keys 61' |
| Coaches | ||||
| Frank Hadden | Kieran Crowley |
Rugby union tours of Ireland | |
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Argentina  | |
Australia  | |
| Canada | |
Fiji  | |
Italy  | |
Japan  | |
| New Zealand | |
Pacific Islanders  | |
Romania  | |
Samoa  | |
South Africa  | |
Rugby union tours of Wales | |
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| Argentina | |
| Australia | |
| Canada | |
| Fiji | |
| Japan | |
| New Zealand | |
| NZ Māori | |
Pacific Islanders  | |
| Romania | |
| Samoa | |
| South Africa | |
Tonga  | |
United States  | |
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