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It is obvious to beat the Red Roses in a big way like London buses. You wait 10 years to do it once, and then two wins come at once.
A week after Toronto’s herculean effort, Canada put on another barnstormer to win England 31-22 at Ottawa’s TD Place Stadium.
It’s a result that ends Canada’s year on a high, but sends the Red Roses into their fall final with USA Female eagles ask many uncomfortable questions.
Beaten by England a year ago in the women’s Rugby World Cup Finals 2025, Canada seems to be the more complete and uncompromising side.
Team captain Sophie de Goede scored a couple of tries on Friday night and sees this latest win as a promising sign for the future.
“I talked last week about us trying to get more consistency, and I think that shows we can perform consistently at this level,” De Goede said at full-time. “Now we need to do it for another two or three years until the next World Cup.”
“I feel exhausted,” grinned Kévin Rouet, Canada’s head coach. “It’s great for us. That was our aim, to be competitive against England in October and I think we showed we can.”
of Canada WXV Global Series the campaign is now over. While England will now move on to New Jersey and the US Women’s Eagles, Rouet will be able to look back on her team’s efforts with satisfaction.
Not only did Canada remain unbeaten against the Red Roses in three matches (two wins and a draw), but they also played test matches against Scotland and France. Of which the latter was their only loss.
A team that doesn’t hide its ambitions, the head coach was clearly delighted with his team’s efforts over the past two months.
“We want to play the best teams,” said Rouet. “That’s what we did all five games we played.
“It’s great for us and we’re just excited to continue as a team. The goal is always the World Cup in 2029 because we have unfinished business.”
