Cam Dolan scored three tries as the United States downed Canada 42-17 in a rugby test match on Saturday.
Nate Augspurger, Blaine Scully and Ruben de Haas also scored tries for the American team known as the U.S. Eagles. AJ Macginty had four conversions and two penalties.
Evan Olmstead and Jeff Hassler had second-half tries for the Canadians. Shane O’Leary had a penalty and two conversions.
The game was the 60th between the two North American rivals in a series that started with a 17-6 Canada victory in May, 1977, in Burnaby, B.C.
Canada leads the overall series 38-20-2, although the Americans have dominated in recent years with an 8-0-1 record since losing a 13-11 decision at BMO Field in August, 2013.
Canada opened the scoring Saturday in the 16th minute when O’Leary converted on a penalty for a 3-0 lead.
But the United States replied with two tries and a penalty to go into halftime up 13-3.
The Americans came out firing in the second half with Dolan scoring his second of the match in the 45th minute. He completed his hat trick in the 68th minute, putting the United States up 28-10.
Canada lost all three of its test matches in the June international rugby series, including a 48-10 loss to Scotland on June 9 and a 43-20 defeat against Russia on June 16 that dropped the Canadian squad to No. 22 in the world rankings.
The 15th-ranked U.S. Eagles began by thumping No. 19 Russia 62-13 before edging a young Scottish side 30-29 to notch their first win over a Tier 1 country in 94 years.
Saturday’s game at Wanderers Ground marked the first test match in Halifax, although there was a World Cup warmup there between Canada and the Glasgow Warriors in August, 2015.