On August 1, 2025 (Ottawa, Ontario)-The Canada Rugby Women’s team made a big second half to beat the United States 42 to 10 in front of a record crowd at the TD place stadium.
The victory-the 11th consecutive Canadian against their historic rivals-occurred in their last home game before their departure for the United Kingdom and took place in front of 11,453 spectators, establishing a new record for a single women’s rugby match in North America.
After running after the score early in the match and was led 10 to 7 at the end of the first half, the Canadian women retaliated with 35 points in a row in front of an unleashed audience in Ottawa.
“We stayed calm and respected our plan,” said Captain Alex Tessier after the match. We were solid in the second half and finished the work. »»
The Americans struck the first in the second minute of play, advancing on their first possession and marking through n ° 8 Freda Tafuna. The successful transformation brought the score to 7 to 0 for the United States. The Canadian women absorbed the initial pressure and started to have the wind in its sails, despite a numerical inferiority following a yellow card inflicted on Sophie de Goede.
It was in the 27th minute that the efforts of the Canadian women finally brought fruit, with a penalty test granted after a powerful Canadian maul was illegally stopped by the American player Hallie Taufo’ou, who also received a yellow card. Although the United States briefly took over the advantage thanks to a penalty, Canada scored again just before the break: McKinley Hunt went to flatten in force, and Gede added the transformation to send the Canadian women to the locker room with an advance of 14 to 10.
Two minutes after the start of the second half, Gabrielle Senft completed a clinical maul after a key. Then, several phases of pressure followed one another, which ended with Olivia Demechant going to flatten in force in the 63rd minute, a few moments after having entered the field for its 60th appearance in the national team.
Less than two minutes later, the third line Karen Paquin ignited the public with a 30 -meter breakthrough which led Florence Symonds to conclude a well -worked action with a test. The domination of Canada in attack was crowned by Mikiela Nelson in the 74th minute, who flattened following a long drop -down maul.
The transformations were tempted by Sophie de Goede – perfect on four attempts – and Julia Schell, who added the last transformation to seal the score at 42 to 10.
“We started more slowly than we wanted, but that encouraged us,” said Daleaka Menin, who was the player of the NFP match. We don’t always mark the first try, and I think we have shown that we could return to the match after that.
We decided to fight, and everyone could see, especially towards the end of the first half, which we dominated. From there, we took the match in hand. »»
The figures
- Canada has scored six tests by six different players (including penalty test).
- The Canadian women scored 35 points in a row after being led 10 to 7 at the end of the first half.
- Canada has taken the advantage of the number of crossings: 11 to 4.
- A record of 11,453 spectators was reached – the largest crowd ever seen for a single female rugby match in North America.
Summary of the marked points of Canada
Essays: penalty test (27 ‘), McKinley Hunt (40’), Gabrielle Senft (43 ‘), Olivia Demechant (63’), Florence Symonds (65 ‘), Mikiela Nelson (74’)
Transformation: Sophie de Goede 4 (40 ‘, 44’, 64 ‘, 66’), Julia Schell (75 ‘)
Next step for the Canada Rugby Women’s team
Canada’s latest preparation match before the Rugby World Cup will be against Ireland on Saturday August 9 at the Kingspan Stadium stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The kick -off is scheduled at 12 noon local time (4 hours HP / 7 H HE) and the match will be broadcast on TSN and TSN+.
During the Rugby World Cup in England, Canadian women will evolve in pool B alongside Scotland, Wales and Fiji. Their first match will be against Fiji at the York Community Stadium stadium in York on Saturday August 23 at 9:30 a.m. HP / 12:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. local time). Click here for the full Bool B program.
Composition of the Canada Women’s team against the United States
1. McKinley Hunt (King City, Ontario) – Barbarians d’Aurora / Saracens
2. Gillian Boag (Calgary, Alberta) – Capilano RFC
3. DaLeaka Menin (Vulcan, Alberta) – Hornets de Calgary/Chiefs d’Exeter
4. Sophie de Goede (Victoria, British Columbia)-Castaway Wanderers / Saracens
5. Tyson Beukeboom (Uxbridge, Ontario) – Cowichan Piggies – Barbarians d’Aurora / Trailfinders d’Ealing
6. Karen Paquin (Quebec, Quebec) – Quebec Rugby Club
7. Fabiola Forteza (Quebec, Quebec) – Quebec Rugby Club / Stade Bordeaux
8. Gabrielle Senft (Regina, Saskatchewan) – Castaway Wanderers / Saracens
9. Olivia Apps (Lindsay, Ontario) – Lindsay RFC
10. Claire Gallagher (Caledon, Ontario) – Barbarians d’Aurora / Tigers de Leicester
11. Paige Farries (Red Deer, Alberta) – Saracens
12. Alexandra Tessier (Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, Quebec)-Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue RFC / Chiefs d’Exeter
13. Florence Symonds (Vancouver, British Columbia)-University of British Columbia
14. Fancy Bermudez (Edmonton, Alberta) – Nor’wester Athletic Association / Westshore RFC / Saracens
15. Julia Schell (Uxbridge, Ontario) – Goats de Guelph / Castaway Wanders / Trailfinders d’Ealing
Finish
16. Taylor McKnight (Stouffville, Ontario) – University of Guelph / Barbarians of Aurora
17. Mikiela Nelson (North Vancouver, Columbia – British) – Capilano RFC / Chiefs of Exeter
18. Olivia DeMerchant (Mapledale, Nouveau-Brunswick) – Halifax Tars RFC
19. Courtney O’Donnell (Rimbey, Alberta) – Titans Rugby de Red Deer
20. Pamphinette Buisa (Gatineau, Quebec) – Irish d’Ottawa
21. Justine Pelletier (Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec)-Quebec Rugby Club / Stade Bordeaux
22. Shoshanah Seumanutafa (White Rock, Colombie-Britannique) – Counties Manukau
23. Caroline Crossley (Victoria, British Columbia)-Castaway Wanderers
Mission: win the rugby world cup
In March 2025, Rugby Canada officially launched the mission fundraising campaign: winning the 2025 rugby world cup, with the aim of collecting $ 1,000,000. Although she has raised himself in the second world rank, the Canada Women’s Rugby Team has only a very limited budget compared to its closest competitors. This gap of $ 1 million has been identified as the best way to give the team additional resources to help them enter history.
The mission is now at hand: more than 88% of the objective of fundraising has been achieved thanks to generous individual donations and crowdfunding. Rugby Canada expresses his deep gratitude to all supporters of the mission: winning the Rugby World Cup while the final stretch of this campaign for the Rugby World Cup is taking shape. For more information or to make a donation, visit rugby.ca/fr/dons.
