COIMBRA - Manuel Vareiro kicked 18 points and Portugal hung on for a 33-27 win over Canada on Saturday, ending the Canadian men's November tour with a third straight loss.

Canada, ranked 24th in the world, lost 31-21 to No. 21 Romania on Nov. 8 in Bucharest, then fell 38-17 to No. 11 Georgia last Saturday in Batumi.

The Canadians never led at Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, but went into the break tied 16-16 and were within one score of No. 20 Portugal late in the second half.

Nicolas Martins, Guilherme Vasconcelos and Rodrigo Marta scored tries for Portugal. Vareiro booted four penalties and added three conversions.

Mason Flesch and Morgan Di Nardo scored Canada's tries. Robbie Povey kicked four penalties and one conversion and Peter Nelson added a penalty.

Both teams have qualified for t

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