on day two of the World Rugby Classic.

Fans were treated to a Remembrance Day triple-header at National Sports Club, highlighted by Canada's shocking 33-5 win over fancied England.

Canada used a strong second-half surge to slay their cross-Atlantic rivals after a first half in which the pair battled to a virtual standstill.

The Canadians led 7-0 at the break, courtesy of a nifty Pierre Dewey ball fake that sold the entire England line and allowed Dewey to release centre Paul Vaesen, who dived in for a converted try.

Doubling the lead a minute into the second half was Tim White. White completed a move started by Tom Woods, who had galloped some 30 yards before being tackled three yards out.

Woods would need no help in the 35th minute, refusing to be denied as he dragged three defenders into the left corner for an unconverted score that gave Canada a 19-0 edge.

Thoughts of a England comeback were completely dashed when lock Hans DeGoede sprinted in from 20 yards to make the score 26-0 after 42 minutes.

England finally got on the scoreboard in the 47th minute, courtesy of scrum-half Marcus Hannaford, but Canada closed matters out with another converted try from Kevin Wirachowski.

For Canada the 33 points represented more than they had managed during all of last year's event.

"We approached the game through our tackling,'' said Canada coach Tillman Briggs afterwards. "We put a lot of pressure on them with good solid tackles and on the other hand we were going to run at them to test their tackling and the way things went our method prevailed.

"The other thing was that we were going to run as much as we could and we did make some breakthrough right to the very end.'' Barbarians 34, Bermuda/France 17 Early cheers of anticipation for the Bermuda/France combination turned to muted moans of disappointment as Celtic Barbarians proved to be a class above.

Barbarians stormed from the gate, rolling to a 17-0 lead on a pair of unconverted tries by wing Keith Crossan and converted a effort from Sean Cooper.

Daniel Olsen restored a bit of local pride a minute before half-time, romping home from midfield into the right corner to reduce the deficit to 12.

And Bermuda/France drew even closer as pesky Scott Correia dodged three tackles before unleashing Rod Stewart up the middle for a converted try.

However, from there it was all Barbarians, with Allan Martin, Cooper and Ken MacAuley each scoring to increase the margin to 34-12.

United States 19, South Africa 79 South Africa arrived late. The United States wished they had not come at all.

For the Springboks showed little signs of jet-lag on the heels of a lengthy journey and instead the Americans were the ones left dazed by an unending onslaught. Leading 29-19 at the break the Springboks unveiled their entire arsenal in the second half, scoring 50 unanswered points.

New Zealand 60, Argentina 10 New Zealand began this year's Classic as they ended the previous...winning.

All Blacks led 20-0 at the half and exploded for 40 more points in the second to brush aside the Pumas, featuring a much changed squad from a year ago.

Schedule, Page 26 FINISHING TOUCH -- Canada's Kevin Wirachowski breaks free on a final try run in Canada's 33-5 win over England.