Meet Canada’s Men’s Rugby Team: Locks, Flankers, and Number 8s

With thrilling tries, fearsome tackles, and major upsets, the RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 is in full swing on TSN. In their next match, Canada’s men’s rugby team clashes with Italy on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 9:15 a.m. ET on TSN1 and TSN4. In this edition of the #REDNATIONRoster alert, we meet Canada’s locks, flankers, and number 8s.

 

LOCKS 

Name: Brett Beukeboom

Nickname: Beuks

Twitter/Instagram handle: @BrettBeukeboom

Hometown: Lindsay, ON

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Snapped tendon in finger

I want to be remembered for: My flow

My words to live by: “Life’s a garden. Dig it.” –Joe Dirt

 

 

Name: Jamie Cudmore

Nickname: Cuddles

Twitter/Instagram handle: @jncudmore / @jncudmore

Hometown: Squamish, BC

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Concussion

If I were to die and come back as a person or a thing, it would be: No one comes back from the dead, silly! It’s science.

My hidden talent is: I’m a great cook

 

Name: Evan Olmstead

Nickname: E, Big E

Twitter/Instagram handle: @EvanOlmstead21 / @evan.olmstead

Hometown: Vancouver, BC

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Torn syndesmosis (ankle)

My go-to meal before game time is: Coffee

If I could have any superpower, I would choose: Teleportation

 

Name: Jebb Sinclair

Nickname: Jebb

Twitter/Instagram handle: @jebbsinclair / @jebbsinclair

Hometown: Fredericton, NB

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Having knee surgery this offseason

I think the Canadian athlete who would make the best rugby player is: P.K. Subban

The best piece of advice I’ve ever received is: “Better to be lookin’ at it than lookin’ for it.”

 

FLANKERS

 

Name: Nanyak Dala

Nickname: Yak

Twitter/Instagram handle: @yakbutt / @nanyakdala

Hometown: Saskatoon, SK

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Torn ACL

My pre-game ritual is: Listening to classical music/Enya

When I step off the field after a big game I immediately: Feel like a 90-year-old man

My hidden talent is: Watching multiple TV seasons in a couple of days

 

Name: Kyle Gilmour

Nickname: Gillies

Twitter/Instagram handle: @gilmourky / @gilmourky

Hometown: St. Albert, AB

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Groin injury

If I could have any superpower, I would choose: The ability to fly

My hidden talent is: DJing

 

 

Name: John Moonlight

Nickname: Mooner

Twitter/Instagram handle: @jmoonlight12 / @jmoonlight12

Hometown: Pickering, ON

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Two shoulder surgeries

My pre-game ritual is: Always walk out 4^th

My words to live by: “Quitting lasts forever.”

 

 

Name: Richard Thorpe

Nickname: Thorpey

Twitter/Instagram handle: @RichardJAThorpe

Hometown: Beckenham, England

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Undiagnosed broken ulna. Played for a year before x-raying!

My pre-game ritual is: Slapping my legs and shoulders. Always seems to get me charged.

If I could have any superpower, I would choose: Ryu’s “Hadouken” from Street Fighter!

 

 

 

NUMBER 8s

 

Name: Tyler Ardron

Nickname: Ty

Twitter/Instagram handle: @TyArdron

Hometown: Lakefield, ON

My worst-ever rugby injury is: MCL tear

My go-to jam before game time is: “It Girl” by Jason Derulo (only if I’m with Jeff Hassler)

If I were to die and come back as a person or a thing, it would be: Lebron James

 

 

 

Name: Aaron Carpenter

Nickname: Carps

Twitter/Instagram handle: @carpatron

Hometown: Brantford, ON 

My worst-ever rugby injury is: Broken transverse process in spine

My hidden talent is: Singing to my kids

If I could have any superpower, I would choose: Super strength