Another win for Canada! The game was closer than the 27-7 final would indicate, largely because the first half saw Canada down 1 man for about 15 minutes and down 2 men for 5. The defence looked OK...there were some big breaks by the US backs, but their only try against was really close.
Canada capitalizedon US mistakes though and had some nice runs and could've scored at least one more try. The US really is just not as polished and at the end of the day the missed opportunities just piled up and cost them the game.
The US winger Ngwenya is exciting to watch and played really well I thought. Their kicking was atrocious, and I could've made the kicks they missed in the first half (which isn't bragging...it was that bad!) For Canada I thought the best player to watch was van der Merwe. He scored the first try and with a nice chip set-up the last one. Canada's lineouts were atrocious again and they have to get that together before NZ. If they can't win their own throw almost all of the time it will punish them against the All Blacks and French (and most others in general).
I hated the commentary, but enjoyed that the cameramen weren't shy about showing every pretty girl in the stands at least once!
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