Canada change five for Namibia
Kieran Crowley has made a number of changes to his Canadian team to face fellow World Cup qualifier Namibia, in the second game of the year-end tour, at Parc Eirias on Friday.
Captaining the side for the second consecutive game will be loosehead prop Hubert Buydens, who will be joined by Ray Barkwill and Jason Marshall in the front row.
Marshall, along with wing Sean Duke, returns to the Canadian team having been part of the Barbarians team that defeated Leicester Tigers 59-26 on Tuesday.
London Irish forward Jebb Sinclair makes his return to the second row alongside Tyler Hotson, and the trio of Kyle Gilmour, Nanyak Dala and John Moonlight remain as Canada's loose forwards.
Scrumhalf Gord McRorie, who scored two tries in last weekend's 23-28 loss to Championship XV in Worcester, will provide service to the backs through Connor Braid at flyhalf.
In the centres, Canada Sevens stalwarts Ciaran Hearn and Conor Trainor will inject an exciting level of pace and skill through the midfield.
Joining Duke on the wing will be Ospreys' Jeff Hassler, who has five tries this season for the Ospreys, and DTH van der Merwe of the Glasgow Warriors.
Forward replacements for Canada will be Doug Wooldridge, Ryan Hamilton, Jake Ilnicki, Brett Buekeboom and Aaron Carpenter, with Sean White, Pat Parfrey and Jordan Wilson-Ross on the bench for the backs.
The 25-year-old Wilson-Ross, originally from Alliston, Ontario could receive his first cap for Canada against Namibia.
Players unavailable due to injury include Matt Evans, Harry Jones, Phil Mack, Phil Mackenzie, Mike Scholz and Liam Underwood.
Canada: 15 DTH van der Merwe, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 Conor Trainor, 12 Ciaran Hearn, 11 Sean Duke, 10 Connor Braid, 9 Gordon McRorie, 8 John Moonlight, 7 Nanyak Dala, 6 Kyle Gilmour, 5 Jebb Sinclair, 4 Tyler Hotson, 3 Jason Marshall, 2 Ray Barkwill, 1 Hubert Buydens.
Replacements: 16 Doug Wooldridge, 17 Ryan Hamilton, 18 Jake Ilnicki, 19 Brett Buekeboom, 20 Aaron Carpenter, 21 Sean White, 22 Patrick Parfrey, 23 Jordan WilsonRoss.
Date: Friday, November 7
Venue: Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay, Wales
Kick-off: 19.00 (14.00 EST Canada, 11.00 Pacific time Canada; 21.00 Namibian time)
Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Neil Paterson (Scotland), Martyn Lewis (Wales)
