 Underwood playing for Canada in the 2015 Rugby World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Liam Underwood (born 3 June 1991 in Toronto, Ontario) is a rugby union fly-half who plays for Ontario Blues and Canada. Underwood made his debut for Canada in 2013 and was part of the Canada squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. [1]
The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union competitions. They are overseen by Rugby Canada the governing body of rugby union in Canada.
Rugby union is a moderately popular sport in Canada; it is quite strong as a participation sport, particularly in several hotspots like British Columbia, Atlantic Canada, the West Island of Montreal, Quebec City and Ontario but does not attract the same level of spectator support yet, likely because the CFL's popular brand of Canadian Football is still similar to rugby in many ways, whilst also being the dominant football code in the country. Rugby Canada is the administrative body for rugby union in Canada. Every province also has its own union.
Liam Justin Messam is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays TOP14 for RC Toulonnais. In Super Rugby, he previously played for the Chiefs, and for Waikato in the ITM Cup. Messam predominantly plays as a blindside flanker but can fill in at Number 8 as well as openside flanker. After the retirement of then Chiefs captain Mils Muliaina, Messam was named the team's new co-captain from 2012 onwards, alongside Aaron Cruden.
The Canada women's national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union competitions. They are overseen by Rugby Canada, the governing body of rugby union in Canada.
James Gordon Pritchard is an Australian-Canadian professional rugby union and rugby league footballer, who currently plays his club rugby union for Ampthill in National League 1 following short spells with Old Albanian and Coventry. Pritchard is best known for his time with Bedford Blues, where he spent 12 seasons across two spells with the club, and he is the club's record points scorer with 2,883 points in all competitions, including 99 tries. He is also the RFU Championship all-time top points scorer with 2,673 points from 251 league and play-off games while playing for Bedford Blues and Plymouth Albion, as a fullback, wing or centre. Pritchard has played internationally for Canada, with whom he appeared in four Rugby World Cups, and is his countries all-time top points scorer with 607 points.
Liam Richard Finn is a former rugby league footballer. An Ireland international representative scrum-half, stand-off or hooker, he played for Halifax, Widnes Vikings, Wakefield Trinity and Castleford Tigers in the Super League, as well as Dewsbury Rams and Featherstone Rovers in the Championship. He is the current head coach of Dewsbury Rams.
The Ontario Blues are the senior men's representative rugby team for Ontario. They were founded in 2009 to compete in the Americas Rugby Championship against other representative teams from Canada, Argentina, and the United States. In their inaugural season, the Blues suffered narrow losses against British Columbia and the Wolf Pack before defeating the Rock to advance to the Canadian Final. The Blues would again lose to BC, but defeated the U.S. Selects in the bronze medal match.
The Colonial Cup is an international rugby league football challenge match played between the United States Tomahawks and the Canada Wolverines. The inaugural match was played in September, 2010 at the Richardson Memorial Stadium at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. The match was won by the USA Tomahawks 22-16.
Liam Brian Williams is a Welsh professional rugby union player who primarily plays fullback for Cardiff in the United Rugby Championship. He has also represented Wales at international level, having made his test debut against New Zealand during the 2012 Autumn Internationals. Williams has previously played for clubs such as Scarlets and Saracens in the past.
Nathan Hirayama is a Canadian former rugby player. His primary position was fly-half, however, but he also played fullback. He played for both the Canadian national team and the Canadian sevens team. At club level, Hirayama played for the University of Victoria in the British Columbian Premiership and the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship.
Karen Paquin is a Canadian rugby union player. Known for her power and speed, she is skilled at both the sevens and 15s version of the game.
Selica Winiata is a New Zealand Rugby union player and referee. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and provincially for the Manawatu Cyclones.
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament held in England and Wales from 18 September until 31 October 2015. 20 national teams competed, each bringing a squad of 31 players to the tournament. Each team had to submit their squad to World Rugby by 31 August 2015. A player could be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would be unable to return to the squad. Any replacement players had an enforced stand-down period of 48 hours before they could take the field.
Doug Wooldridge is a rugby union prop who played for Ontario Blues and Canada. Wooldridge made his debut for Canada in 2009 and was part of the Canada squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Few months after the World Cup, Wooldridge joined ASM Clermont in Top 14 as a medical cover for the Georgian tight head prop, Davit Zirakashvili.
Djustice Sears-Duru is a Canada international rugby union prop who plays for Ealing Trailfinders and the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR).
Harry Ainsley Jones is a rugby union fly-half who plays for Greater Sydney Rams and Canada. Jones made his debut for Canada in 2012 and was part of the Canada squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Liam Scott Fraser is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas and the Canada national team.
The Toronto Wolfpack RLFC is a Canadian professional rugby league club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club originally competed in the British rugby league system but withdrew in the 2020 Super League season due to "overwhelming financial challenges" caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Canada national women's rugby league team, also known as the Canadian Ravens represents Canada in international rugby league football tournaments. Canada have qualified for, and will be competing in the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup and the 2025 Women's Rugby League World Cup. Canada previously competed in the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.
Andrew Jordon Ditka Coe is a Canadian rugby union player who generally plays as a fullback representing Canada internationally. He also plays for Rugby New York (Ironworkers) in Major League Rugby (MLR). His nickname is "Cozy Bones".