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Portugal out to make a point

By Paul Dobson
Friday 26 Nov 2010

After seeing offd Namibia last weekend, Portugal play their second World Cup qualified team, Canada, in Lisbon on Saturday.

Portugal, who did so well at the 2007 World Cup, are disappointed that they are not there again next year and relish the chance to make a point against teams that will be there.

there are three changes to the Portuguese side which beat Namibia. Experienced Gonçalo Foro comes onto the right wing in the place of José Lima and in the pack Rui D’Orey comes into lock for Juan Severin and at tighthead Cristian Spachuk replaces Anthony Alves.

Uncapped Bernardo Silveira, a CDUL wing, comes onto the bench.

On their tour Canada a-=have beaten Belgium (43-12) and Spain (60-22) and lost to Georgia (22-16). The Lisbon match is the last of their tour.

Teams

Portugal: 15 Pedro Leal, 14 Gonçalo Foro, 13 Frederico Oliveira, 12 Pedro Silva, 11 António Aguilar, 10 Joseph Gardner, 9 José Pinto, 8 Tiago Girão, 7 Julien Bardy, 6 Vasco Uva, 5 Gonçalo Uva, 4 Rui D’Orey, 3 Cristian Spachuk, 2 João Correia (Cap), 1 Francisco Fernandes
Replacements: 16 Bernardo Duarte, 17 João Junior, 18 Eduardo Acosta, 19 Laurent Balangué, 20 Pedro Cabral, 21 Francisco Mira, 22 Bernardo Silveira

Canada: 15 James Pritchard, 14 Ciaran Hearn, 13 Phillip Mackenzie, 12 Nick Blevins, 11 Justin Mensah-Coker, 10 Ander Monro, 9 Sean White, 8 Aaron Carpenter, 7 Adam Kleeberger, 6 Sean Michael Stephen, 5 Tyler Hotson, 4 Jebb Sinclair, 3 Andrew Tiedemann, 2 Pat Riordan (captain), 1 Tom Dolezel
Replacements: 16 Jason Marshall, 17 Dan Pletch, 18 Jon-Josh Phelan-Jackson, 19 Chauncey O’Toole, 20 Connor Braid, 21 Jamie Mackenzie, 22 Taylor Paris

Date: Saturday, 27 November 2010
Kick-off: 15.00
Venue: Estadio Universitário, Lisbon
Expected weather conditions: Overcast with a high of 12°C, dropping to  8°C with a northeaster of 21 km/h .  It’s a lot better than Europe north of Portugal.
Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)

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