TORONTO

Canadian rugby team to face Maori All Blacks in T.O.

The Canadian Press Published Friday, May 31, 2013 3:19PM EDT

Canada's sevens rugby team holds up the Plate Final trophy after beating Scotland 22-5 in the Sevens Rugby World Series tournament on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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TORONTO - The Canadian men's rugby team will play the New Zealand Maori All Blacks on Nov. 3 at Toronto's BMO Field.

The side features top New Zealand Maori rugby players and boasts an impressive record. Past Maori victims include England, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions.

Canada, ranked 13th in the world, fell 32-19 to the Maori last November in a game played in Oxford, England.

The Canadian men are currently involved in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup. The Maori match will follow a home-and-away World Cup qualifying series in August against the 16th-ranked U.S.

The touring Maori will face the U.S. on Nov. 9 in Philadelphia.