Vancouver rugby fans will get a chance to see Canada's best, likely including a few North Shore standouts, when the senior men's national team hosts Japan at Burnaby's Swangard Stadium June 7 as part of the Pacific Nations Cup.
Japan, ranked 14th in the world, handed 15thranked Canada its only defeat during the 2013 Pacific Nation's Cup at a match played in Nagoya, Japan. The two teams have also met in each of the last two World Cups with both matches ending in ties.
The rosters will not be announced until much closer to game time but several North Shore players have starred for the national team in recent years. Last August West Vancouver's Harry Jones and Ryan Hamilton, North Vancouver's Jason Marshall and Squamish's Jamie Cudmore - all of whom have suited up for the North Shore's Capilano Rugby Club - helped Canada earn a berth in the 2015 Rugby World Cup by topping the United States in a two-game series.
