Canada Defeat Japan 41-5 in Round One of Rugby World Cup: Face Italy in Round Two

The Canadian forwards were dominant and paved the way for victory. Canada scored 6 tries, 3 of them directly by the forwards, 2 by scrum half Brianna Miller working off the forwards effort and 1 by the backs from a blocked kick. Canada weren’t able to generate an attack out wide which will be a concern in the upcoming matches against Italy and USA. Handling errors were also an issue with stats showing 15 lost turnovers in the opposition half.

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RWC Day 2 Recap with Stats and Video Highlights

Canada got the job done on Day 2 with a bonus point win in their first match. They definitely left points off the scoreboard with handling errors and a lack of finishing but coaches and players will be happy with the opening win and look on improving against Italy. Italy upset USA to go second in Pool B and Wales needed a penalty kick at the whistle to defeat Scotland.

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Canadian Women Down Fiji 24-7 in Final Test Before Rugby World Cup in New Zealand

from Canadian Press

SUVA, Fiji — Tyson Beukeboom celebrated her 50th cap with a try off the bench Friday as Canada defeated Fiji 24-7 Friday in its final test match ahead of next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup.

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Rugby Canada Announce 32 Player Squad for Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand – First Match October 9th vs Japan

Coach Kevin Rouet has named his 32 player roster going to NZ for the World Cup. One of the most notable omissions is Pam Buisa, a player who was making headlines during the UK tour of November 2021 under coach Sandro Fiorino. She came off the disappointing Olympic 7s performance that summer but shone as an impact player in the XVs tour that fall. That earned her a starting flanker role in the June 2022 tour to NZ where she started at both blindside and openside over the three games against USA, Australia and NZ. She had a quiet tournament and in the July home tests against Italy and Wales, coach Rouet went with Fabiola Forteza, Karen Paquin, Courtney Holtkamp, Sara Svoboda, Gabrielle Senft in the flanker roles. He must have liked what he saw as all those players made the cut, Buisa is on the non-travelling reserves.

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Canada Defeat Wales 31-3 in Warm-Up Match for World Cup in October: MATCH VIDEO

Canada grew into the game as Wales put them under pressure early and took an early 3-0 lead. Canada took over the rest of the match except for the last 10 minutes as substitutions seemed to interupt Canada’s dominance and Wales started to press again. The Canadian defence held firm and the final was 31-3.

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Canada’s Women’s XVs Defeat Italy 34-24 at Starlight Stadium in Langford

from Rugby Canada

In their first home international test match in seven years, Canada’s Senior Women’s 15s beat No. 6-ranked Italy 34-24 at Starlight Stadium in Langford, BC on Sunday as their ‘Journey to the Rugby World Cup’ continued.

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Canada Finish Pacific Four Tournament with Win Over Australia: Claim 2nd in Tournament

It was a good snapshot of where Canada are now with the World Cup in the fall. They’re ranked 4th which is a pretty accurate evaluation. England look favourites to win the World Cup, New Zealand are trying to close the gap and they were the class of this tournament. France defeated NZ twice last fall in France.

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Canada Women’s XVs to Face NZ, Australia, USA in June in New Zealand as Part of Pacific Four Series

from World Rugby

World Rugby has announced that New Zealand will host the 2022 edition of the Pacific Four Series in June as four of the world’s top teams go head-to-head ahead of Rugby World Cup 2021.

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Top 40 List Published by Rugby Canada – Training Camp on Vancouver Island

[ed. I remember when Francois Ratier ran the women’s XVs, he would always get in touch when holding a camp on the Island. His open style of communication was refreshing and of course Canada went on to win silver at the 2014 World Cup under his direction. Now it’s more of a closed shop, no training schedule, no advance notice to media, no photo ops.]

from Rugby Canada

Rugby Canada’s Senior Women’s 15s squad is currently in the midst of a week-long Top-40 training camp on Vancouver Island.

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Here We Go Again: Rugby Canada Axe Women’s XVs Head Coach

It’s shades of the Women’s 7s program and John Tait again. This time it’s Sandro Fiorino who’s getting the axe. Again it appears to be a player led revolt.

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