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Its been quite a run of late for Canadian rugby international Hubert Buydens.Last Friday in New Zealand, the 32-year-old prop from Saskatoon helped the Manawatu Tubos earn promotion with a 32-24 win over Hawkes Bay in the NPC Championship final.On Sunday, Buydens will captain a Canada XV against an RFU Championship XV in Worcester, England.The game against an all-star squad from Englands second-tier league is the first of four for Canada on its November tour of Europe.Canadian coach Kieran Crowleys squad will be reinforced for the remaining games on the tour, which fall within the International Rugby Boards Test window unlike Sundays contest. Canada, ranked 17th in the world, will meet No. 22 Namibia in Colwyn Bay, Wales, on Nov. 7, No. 9 Samoa in Vannes, France, on Nov. 14, and No. 16 Romania in Bucharest on Nov. 22.Samoa, Namibia and Romania will join Canada at next years World Cup, with Canada and Romania both featuring in Pool D, alongside France, Ireland and Italy.Buydens has been named captain for the entire tour. Skipper Tyler Ardron, who plays for the Ospreys in Wales, is recovering from an injury and will be joining the team later in the tour.Buydens also captained Canada in a 52-8 win over Portugal last November.It was a bit of a surprise when they told me I was going to be captaining, he said of this tour. But its always a great honour. Ill try and do my best.The Canada tour has reunited Buydens, a loosehead prop, with Jason Marshall, a 29-year-old tighthead prop from North Vancouver.Amazingly the two Canucks found themselves facing off in the New Zealand final, with Marshall starting for Hawkes Bay.The two props, who both go under the nickname Moose in New Zealand, came to rugby from a football background. Buydens, a former offensive lineman with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, had a tryout with the B.C. Lions while Marshall played quarterback for Simon Fraser and tried out for the Edmonton Eskimos.Buydens had the last laugh in last weeks New Zealand final. Not only did his team win, but he and the Manawatu pack earned a memorable penalty on one scrum that saw Marshall propelled upwards like a rocket.That one definitely felt pretty good, Buydens said with a chuckle. Hes taking a bit of guff from the boys that he was on the losing end of that one.Despite a gruelling campaign in New Zealand, Buydens says his body is feeling good.My body came through A-OK, he said. Everything that should hurt or normally does hurt does hurt and everything that shouldnt doesnt, so its all good that way.Buydens says he will have to miss out on Manawatu next year given preparations for the World Cup, which runs Sept. 18 to Oct. 31 in England and Wales.It is a little disappointing that way but definitely playing for Canada is the priority, he said.Buydens expects to return to Saskatoon after the tour and spend Christmas at home. He will then look to play overseas or, barring that, settle in Victoria.Buydens enjoyed his second season in New Zealand, living in Palmerston North where rugby players do not go unnoticed.Its a beautiful place, he said. Everyone knows who you are ... people stop you in the street, talk to you about rugby , how youre doing and how the teams doing.At six foot three and 275 pounds with a healthy beard — he was one of Canadas famed beardos at the last World Cup — Buydens is hard to miss.I stick out a little bit, yeah, he said.Canada is looking to step it up on tour after going 0-3 in June against Japan, Scotland and the U.S. A domestic Canada A side also disappointed in finishing third at the Americas Rugby Championship earlier this month.Worcester Warriors lock James Percival will captain the RFU Championship side.A lot of the Canadian boys play in that league so it will be good to measure ourselves against them and hopefully get one up on them, Buydens said.———Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter. Wholesale Patriots Jerseys . PETERSBURG, Fla. New England Patriots Shirts . 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Gordon rushed for career highs of 253 yards and five touchdowns, and Wisconsin ran for a Big Ten-record 644 yards to trample Bowling Green in a 68-17 victory Saturday. Gordon had 179 yards and four scores by halftime alone before dashing for a 69-yard touchdown on his first carry of the second half. He silenced any doubters worried about his 38-yard outing the previous game. "I was motivated. I heard a lot of people doubting me saying I cant do this, I cant do that," he said. "That definitely motivated me to get out there and do what I needed to do." The junior tailback brushed aside a question about whether hes back in the discussion for the Heisman Trophy. The Badgers, though, put an emphatic end to talk about their running game being off track after getting slowed two weeks ago by lower division Western Illinois. "The unselfishness of Melvin Gordon ... as weve gone through the first part of the season has been incredible. Im so proud of the way hes handled it. And today was his day," coach Gary Andersen said. The Badgers (2-1) forced turnovers on back-to-back possessions by the Falcons (2-2) in the first half to break open a close game. Gordon capitalized each time with scores before closing the half with a 21-yard touchdown run for the highlight reel. On that play, Gordon broke two tackles, sidestepped another Falcon and outraced yet another defender into the front corner of the end zone to make it 41-10 at halftime. And to think Gordons day started with a fumble on his first carry -- the first of his career after 322 attempts. Clement started the next series. When asked, Andersen said he gave no thought to sitting Gordon. On the sideline before the drive, Clement offered words of encouragement. "I really just told him to keep his head up. I just gave him a fist-pound, told him we still had a whole game left to play. Dont let that weigh on yyou," Clement said.dddddddddddd The only drama left in the second half was whether Gordon would eclipse the schools single-game rushing record of 339 set by Ron Dayne in 1996. But the juniors day ended after his 13th carry with about 12 minutes to go in the third quarter. "Theres a shiftiness about him," Bowling Green coach Dino Babers said. "He has breakaway speed. I saw two or three stiff arms, like hes stiff-arming kids like he was playing in a Pop Warner game." Clement finished with 111 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 16 carries, while quarterback Tanner McEvoy had 158 yards rushing on 11 attempts before departing late in the third quarter with Wisconsin leading by 52. Among the marks set or tied by Wisconsin: --The team rushing total was the most in the Big Tens modern era, dating back to 1946. --Gordon became the sixth Badger to score five touchdowns in a game, and the first since P.J. Hill in 2007. --Gordons 19.5 yards per carry set a record for a Badger with at least 10 attempts. Fresh off a bye week, the Badgers put together a dominating, all-around performance to squash Bowling Greens hopes for a second straight victory against a Big Ten team. The Falcons beat Indiana last week behind a fast-paced offence that ran a dizzying 113 plays. Two Wisconsin fumbles in the first half and terrific play by Bowling Green receivers had the visitors dreaming briefly about an upset. A 28-yard field goal by Tyler Tate cut Wisconsins lead to 14-10 with 1:01 left in the first quarter. Bowling Green had Wisconsin defenders on their heels again driving to the 8 early in the second quarter to answer a Wisconsin touchdown. But James Knapkes third-down pass was tipped and intercepted in the end zone by Lubern Figaro, who returned it 43 yards. The Badgers were off to the races from there. "We could have tackled a lot better. Im not going to say that would change everything in the game because Wisconsin is a good football team. But I think our lack of tackling did not help us at all," Bowling Green linebacker Gabe Martin said. Fred Coppet had a 35-yard touchdown run in the first quarter for Bowling Green. ' ' '