Dominant 45-7 win over Australia propels Canada’s women’s rugby team to WXV 1 – Rugby Canada

Canada’s women’s rugby team wrapped up the 2023 World Rugby Pacific Four series with a dominant 45-7 win over Australia in Ottawa. By finishing second in the tournament, Canada qualified for the top tier of the new three-tier international women’s rugby union tournament, the WXV.

Captain Sophie de Goet opened her evening with a 20-point equalizer behind the line in the 16th minute, after the Canadians chained a 15-game streak with their captain’s try. On an Australian offside, the Canadians opted for a scrum, where as the pack advanced, De Koet opened the scoring himself, converting his own try to give Canada a 7–0 lead.

Australia scored their only try five minutes later, leveling the scores at the conversion.

For the rest of the game, the Canadians did well in the 29th minute when, from a mallet, the ball went to the right wing of Sarah-Maud Lachance, who showed her speed and went to recover the equalizer. benefit to himself.

“I think we played well collectively,” Sarah-Maud LaChance said. We made a few mistakes, that’s for sure, but we gave it our all and we had confidence. The energy of the crowd helped us push forward and have fun on the field. »

Tyson Buickboom marked the milestone in style, scoring his 60th cap for Canada, scoring the first of three tries in the 35th minute. De Goide converted his second of five conversions to make it 19-7.

“What’s amazing about our team is that we have so many leaders with so many experiences and different disciplines and different styles,” said Sophie de Goit.

The captain finished the first half with seven more points. Taking a pass from vice-captain Justin Pelletier, De Goyde beat several Australian defenders between the posts before converting his own try to give Canada a 26-7 lead.

Five minutes into the second half, Claire Gallagher scored the first try of her career for Canada, in only her second cap, off a pass from Pellitier and around the Australian defence.

The other two tries were scored by Buickboom, one following a mole over the line (De Cotte’s last conversion), and the other just over 10 minutes from the end of the match.

Sarah Cline and Mia Brubacher scored in the first 20 minutes for Canada.

“The best way to learn is to play against New Zealand and Australia, which is good for us,” said Sophie de Goet. And then the added pressure of playing at home is similar to the added pressure of playing in the Rugby World Cup, where the stakes are higher. We learned a lot from last weekend. It’s always nice to learn from a win like this week, but here we go [tout] Pick up WXV and access it. »

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