Kyle Tremblay\u2019s last-play try rescued Canada from another painful Spain defeat as the World Rugby Nations Cup opener in Edmonton finished 42-42.<\/p>\n
The official match centre<\/a> confirmed six tries apiece at Clarke Stadium, with Takoda McMullin converting Tremblay\u2019s 81st-minute score after Spain had looked set to leave Alberta with a second straight away win over Canada.<\/p>\n Canada Turn Pressure Into One Late Escape<\/p>\n Canada had the stronger territorial profile, making 525 metres to Spain\u2019s 428 and holding 65 per cent possession, but the scoreboard stayed brutally level because Spain converted every visit into points. Alberto Carmona, Antonio Suarez, Tani Bay, Luca Tabarot and Kerman Aurrekoetxea all crossed for Los Leones.<\/p>\n Mason Flesch\u2019s double gave Canada early and second-half punch before Jason Higgins, Tyler Ardron and Andrew Quattrin added further control. That mattered after ReadRugbyUnion had already flagged Ardron\u2019s return as a key pressure point in Canada\u2019s match-day selection<\/a>.<\/p>\n The late rescue still leaves Stephen Meehan with a blunt review. Canada won the lineout 15 from 15, forced Spain into 14 penalties and spent long spells with the ball, yet needed the final act to avoid defeat.<\/p>\n For Spain, the draw underlined why World Rugby\u2019s preview framed this as one of the Nations Cup\u2019s most even rivalries. For Canada, it was a point saved rather than a problem solved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Tremblay\u2019s last-play try rescued Canada from another painful Spain defeat as the World Rugby Nations Cup opener…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20963,3937,316,17],"class_list":["post-50378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-announcement","tag-canada","tag-rugby","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}