title: 1996 Canada Cup
text: # 1996 Canada Cup
  
  The 1996 Canada Cup was the second edition to take place and was hosted by Edmonton. It was a women's rugby union competition and featured New Zealand, France, the USA and the hosts, Canada. New Zealand had missed the previous World Cup in 1994 and, aside from a couple of games against an untried Australia, had played no international rugby since 1991, when they had lost to the USA in the World Cup semi-finals. Despite this they won all three games they played and won the tournament.
  
  ## Final table
  
  | Pos | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 11 | +272 | 6 |
  | 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 116 | −47 | 4 |
  | 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 113 | −62 | 2 |
  | 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 182 | −163 | 0 |
  
  ## Results
  
  * 1996-09-08
  
  | Canada | 3–88 | New Zealand |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Edmonton
  * 1996-09-08
  
  | France | 16–39 | United States |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Edmonton
  * 1996-09-11
  
  | New Zealand | 86–8 | United States |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Edmonton
  * 1996-09-11
  
  | Canada | 34–3 | France |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Edmonton
  * 1996-09-14
  
  | France | 0–109 | New Zealand |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Edmonton
  * 1996-09-14
  
  | Canada | 14–22 | United States |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Edmonton
  