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Mon 09 Sep 2007Jones calms Welsh nervesPool B/Wales 42 Canada 17:Wales negotiated some troubled waters by the River Loire yesterday. Until a barrage of five second-half tries in 17 breathtaking minutes sank a defiant Canada.Wales have scored 40 points or more in all their three World Cup games against Canada but this was the most fraught of those victories.