Since that Canada Cup tournament Rickard has scored more than 30 Test tries in an outstanding career.
As for New Zealand, they are without versatile back Amiria Rule, a star of the last World Cup in Canada, because of a knee injury.
Along with providing entertainment for soccer lovers, it exists to give national team players high-caliber competition between the Olympics and the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.
Yolanda Meiring, Fundiswa Plaatjie, Cebisa Kula, Lamla Momoti, Saloma Booysen, Zandile Nojoko, Namhla Siyolo and Dolly Mavumengwa are the other players from the last World Cup in Canada.
The Ireland A squad for the Barclays Churchill Cup in Canada and the USA in June also includes Ulster players David Pollock, Roger Wilson, Darren Cave, Mark McCrea plus recent Ravenhill recruit Ian Humphreys.
Last summer, after being left out of the squads for both the senior tour to New Zealand and the Churchill Cup in Canada, Armitage was beginning to think the Guinness Premiership would be the pinnacle of his achievements.
Roger Federer, who lost to Murray in the Rogers Cup final in Canada, is the defending champion in Cincinnati.
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England's already depleted squad has been hit by further injuries and props Mike Worsley and Will Green have been called up from Churchill Cup duty in Canada.
First, Eastern Canada beat the touring Australian World Cup side by five wickets.
Davison, playing his first game for Canada since last year's World Cup, hit 84 in a Canadian total of 221 all out.
He has been forced to sit out this month's I-Cup encounters with Bermuda and Canada due to the conflicts between cricket and his day job.
And the kicker : no Canada-based club has taken the Cup since 1993, when the Montreal Canadiens wrapped up a stretch of eight Canadian Cups in ten years.
Elsewhere, Japan -- the current FIFA Women's World Cup holders -- beat Canada 2-1, thanks to goals from Nahomi Kawasumi and Aya Miyama at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
If they lose to Argentina, as they did at last year's World Cup, and Scotland beat Canada on Saturday, the Irish would fall to ninth and outside the top eight seeds.
Current FIFA Women's World Cup holder Japan won its opening match against Canada 2-1, while Brazil thumped Cameroon 5-0 and Sweden beat South Africa 4-1.
However, he kept World Cup winner Will Greenwood out of the side against Canada last weekend and has retained his place against South Africa.
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Current FIFA Women's World Cup holders Japan won their opening match by beating Canada 2-1 at the Ricoh Arena, Brazil thumped Cameroon 5-0 and Sweden beat South Africa 4-1.
Perry and Getzlaf came into the NHL together and have played on the same line for nearly every game of their careers, winning the Stanley Cup in 2007 and earning Olympic gold medals for Canada together in 2010.
And batsman Darren Lehmann smashed 28 runs in a single over, another World Cup first, bettering Brian Lara's 26 for West Indies against Canada last week.
Ireland, Canada and Kenya, all of whom beat Scotland in the tournament, make up the World Cup qualifiers, along with Netherlands.
The latest round of World Cup qualifying in CONCACAF gets underway and USA beat Antigua and Barbuda 3-1, Canada beat Cuba 1-0 in Havana.
The La Liga giants will then compete in the Peace Cup in Spain, where their opponents include Aston Villa and Celtic, before heading to Canada, where they will face Toronto FC, and Washington, for a game against DC United.
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