Build your dream Canadian XV: the complete 2026 rugby guide.

Pick a tactical formation (classic, attacking, defensive, kicking game), then fill all 15 positions from 1 to 15 by drafting from 12,000 players: current Canada internationals, Canucks legends, Major League Rugby stars, world icons, or upload your own photo cards. You get a unique shareable link. No sign-up required, 100% free.

A rugby XV is made of 8 forwards (1 loosehead prop, 2 hooker, 3 tighthead prop, 4 and 5 locks, 6 and 7 flankers, 8 number eight) and 7 backs (9 scrum-half, 10 fly-half, 11 left wing, 12 inside centre, 13 outside centre, 14 right wing, 15 fullback). Plus 8 reserves on the bench. TeamBranch reproduces this grammar exactly.

Yes — and it is the most popular use right now. After missing 2023 for the first time ever, Canada bounced back, qualifying for Australia 2027 by reaching the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup semi-finals (sealed with a 34-20 win over the USA in Calgary). It is Canada's 10th World Cup, drawn in Pool C with Argentina, Fiji and Spain. RWC 2027 runs from 1 October to 13 November, expanded to 24 teams. Draft your Canucks XV — the MLR core, the European pros, the all-time greats — then edit and share it before every Test.

Of course. 800,000 custom XVs have already been built. Upload photos of your teammates, your dad, your sister, your cousin, your club coach, your Saturday morning second XV, and slot them into any position. Perfect for the provincial final, the work team-build, the club tour, or just a group-chat wind-up.

Women's rugby is integrated 100% — and in Canada it is the flagship. Build the side that reached the 2025 Rugby World Cup final in England, falling 33–13 to the Red Roses before a record Twickenham crowd — silver, the best finish in program history. Captain Sophie de Goede, back from an ACL injury, was named World Rugby Women's Player of the Year. The women's side has long out-ranked the men.

Major League Rugby (the pro league across North America), the historic Canadian Rugby Championship and provincial set-up (Pacific Pride, BC Bears, Ontario Blues, Prairie Wolf Pack, Atlantic Rock), plus the European leagues where Canadian pros play: England's Premiership, France's Top 14 and Pro D2, and the URC. More than 800 club cards in total.

Four: Classic (balanced), Attacking (loose forwards, fast wingers, ball-in-hand), Defensive (heavy pack, tactical scrum-half, kicking game), Kicking Game (territory rugby, dominant fly-half, box kicks). You can switch at any time and your XV reorganises automatically on the interactive field.

Rugby union (15 players, 80 minutes in 2 halves) is the classic format: Rugby World Cup, Pacific Nations Cup, Major League Rugby. Sevens (7 players, 14 minutes) is the short Olympic format, and Canada has a proud sevens record — the women have stood on Olympic and World Series podiums. TeamBranch covers both — Sevens drops autumn 2026.

The quarter-final in 1991 — still the high-water mark. Canada came through the pool, then pushed New Zealand all the way before going out 13–29 in Lille, outscoring the All Blacks in the second half to a standing ovation. Driven by captain Gareth Rees (four World Cups, first Canadian in the World Rugby Hall of Fame) and back-rower Al Charron, that generation made Canada an ever-present from 1987 to 2019. Winger DTH van der Merwe is Canada's record World Cup try-scorer with six.

Yes, no exception. Composition, sharing, exports, custom card uploads, tactical simulation: everything is free. No sign-up required, no intrusive ads, no paywall. Build as many XVs as you want.

Yes, 96 local editions including New Zealand (All Blacks), France (Les Bleus), South Africa (Springboks), Australia (Wallabies), Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, Italy, Argentina (Los Pumas), Fiji, Japan (Brave Blossoms), the USA (Eagles). Each edition has its own player database and local terminology.