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The '''2008 North America 4''' is the third tournament between the [[North America 4]] teams. Each of the four teams played each other three times in round-robin play, followed by semi-finals, a final and third-place play-off.

==Teams==
The teams competing are [[Canada East (rugby team)|Canada East]] and [[Canada West (rugby team)|Canada West]], and the [[USA Falcons]] and [[USA Hawks]]. Each team was founded in 2005 by the NA4 committee, comprising the IRB, Rugby Canada and USA Rugby.

===Canada West===
{{main|Canada West (rugby team)}}
Coached by Tony Medina, who is assisted by Ian Hyde-Lay, Canada West won the inaugural competition. Captained by scrum-half Ed Fairhust the team won their first match 98-0, the largest win of the competition. Fairhurst has represented Canada at test level, as well, the team has a front row with test experience.<ref name="west">{{cite web | work=NA Rugby | title=Canada teams choose for opening games of NA 4 | url=http://www.narugby.com/news/051820062.html | accessdate=4 October 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185717/http://www.narugby.com/news/051820062.html | archive-date=2016-03-03 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Canada East===
{{main|Canada East (rugby team)}}
Coached by Simon Blanks, with assistants Jeff Prince and Greg Thaggard, Canada East finished third in 2006 after winning the consolation final. The team was captained by [[Derek Daypuck]] who also finished their leading points scorer on 78.

===USA Falcons===
{{main|USA Falcons}}
Coached by Jim Love who is assisted by Kevin Battle. Their captain was Patrick Bell. The team finished runners-up after losing the competition final. 

===USA Hawks===
{{main|USA Hawks}}
They are coached by Pete Steinberg, assisted by Bernie Hogan and Gordon Macpherson. The team finished last in the competition. They finished with one win from their seven matches.

==Round-Robin Standings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="background:#C1D8FF;"
!Team 
!Games Played
!Wins
!Loss
!Tie
!BTS
!PTS
!PF
!PA
!PCT
|-
|[[Canada West (rugby team)|Canada West]]||3||3||0||0||2||14||123||18||1.00
|-
|[[USA Falcons]]||3||2||1||0||1||9||68||101||0.667
|-
|[[USA Hawks]]||3||1||2||0||1||5||56||92||0.333
|-
|[[Canada East (rugby team)|Canada East]]||3||0||3||0||2||2||42||78||0.00
|-
|}
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.narugby.com/leagues/standings.cfm?leagueID=6921&clientID=2581 |title=NA4 Rugby (Design, Hosting, Registration & Administration tools by esportsdeskpro.com)<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816064917/http://www.narugby.com/leagues/standings.cfm?leagueID=6921&clientID=2581 |archive-date=2007-08-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Round-Robin Play Schedule==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Date'''
! '''Away'''
! '''Score'''
! '''Home'''
! '''Location'''
|-
| May 17
| [[Canada West (rugby team)|Canada West]]
| 20 - 15
| [[Canada East (rugby team)|Canada East]]
| Fletchers Field, [[Markham, ON]]
|-
| July 10
| [[USA Falcons]]
| 39 - 24
| [[USA Hawks]]
| [[Mt. Hood Community College]], [[Gresham, Oregon]]
|-
| July 15
| [[USA Hawks]]
| 0 - 48
| [[Canada West (rugby team)|Canada West]]
| [[Shawnigan Lake School]], [[Shawnigan Lake, BC]]
|-
| July 15
| [[USA Falcons]]
| 26 - 22
| [[Canada East (rugby team)|Canada East]]
| [[Shawnigan Lake School]], [[Shawnigan Lake, BC]]
|-
| July 19
| [[USA Hawks]]
| 32 - 5
| [[Canada East (rugby team)|Canada East]]
| [[Shawnigan Lake School]], [[Shawnigan Lake, BC]]
|-
| July 19
| [[USA Falcons]]
| 3 - 55
| [[Canada West (rugby team)|Canada West]]
| [[Shawnigan Lake School]], [[Shawnigan Lake, BC]]
|-
|}
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.narugby.com/leagues/schedules.cfm?leagueID=6921&clientID=2581 |title=NA4 Rugby (Design, Hosting, Registration & Administration tools by esportsdeskpro.com)<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816064110/http://www.narugby.com/leagues/schedules.cfm?leagueID=6921&clientID=2581 |archive-date=2007-08-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Elimination Play Schedule==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Date'''
! '''Away'''
! '''Score'''
! '''Home'''
! '''Location'''
|-
| July 29
| [[Canada East (rugby team)|Canada East]]
| 26 - 30
| [[Canada West (rugby team)|Canada West]]
| [[Infinity Park]], [[Denver, CO]]
|-
| July 29
| [[USA Hawks]]
| 12 - 30
| [[USA Falcons]]
| [[Infinity Park]], [[Denver, CO]]
|-
| August 2
| [[Canada East (rugby team)|Canada East]]
| 17-17
| [[USA Hawks]]
| [[Infinity Park]], [[Denver, CO]]
|-
| August 2
| [[Canada West (rugby team)|Canada West]]
| 16-11
| [[USA Falcons]]
| [[Infinity Park]], [[Denver, CO]]
|-
|}

== References ==

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==External links==
*[http://www.narugby.com/ Official website]

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