Canada coach Stephen Meehan has named a young match-day roster for Saturday's men's rugby test against Romania.

The starting 15 goes into the game at Bucharest's Stadionul Arcul de Triumf with a combined 244 caps, with captain Lucas Rumball (62), fellow forward Cole Keith (41) and fullback Peter Nelson (32) accounting for 135 of them. Nine players have 11 or fewer caps.

The eight-man bench has a combined 80 caps with prop Matt Tierney (27) and scrum half Jason Higgins (25) combining for 52 of them. The 29-year-old Tierney returns to the lineup for the first time since 2021.

Barnaby Waddell, a six-foot-four 265-pound lock who plays in Wales for Bridgend Ravens, could make his debut off the bench.

The match against the 21st-ranked Romanians is the first of three this month for Meehan's s

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