A TRIO of Cornish Pirates players have been included in Canada's starting XV who will take on Ireland at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.
Matt Evans, Aaron Carpenter and Brett Beukeboom were named in the side by head coach Kieran Crowley for the clash at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
They will come up against a very strong Irish squad as the defending Six Nations champions include Paul O'Connell, Jonathan Sexton and Rob Kearney in their XV.
CANADA: 15 MATT EVANS, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Nick Blevins, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Nathan Hirayama, 9 Gordon McRorie; 1 Hubert Buydens, 2 Ray Barkwill, 3 Doug Wooldridge, 4 Brett Beukeboom, 5 Jamie Cudmore (c), 6 Kyle Gilmour, 7 John Moonlight, 8 Aaron Carpenter.
REPS: 16 Benoit Piffero, 17 Djustice Sears-Duru, 18 Andrew Tiedemann, 19 Jebb Sinclair, 20 Richard Thorpe, 21 Phil Mack, 22 Liam Underwood, 23 Conor Trainor.
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