Canada V Australia: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Quarter-final – Live

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Canada team

Three changes to Kévin Rouet’s lineup from nan 40-19 triumph against Scotland: Courtney O’Donnell and Caroline Crossley are successful nan pack, Alysha Corrigan will look to show her skills connected nan wing.

The truth that imposingly named Tyson Beukeboom drops to nan chair says much astir nan number of options Rouet has astatine his disposal than thing nan 81-cap Canada icon has done wrong. Julia Schell is nan tournament’s joint-top effort scorer from nan excavation stage, putting six connected Fiji. Sophie de Goede is just, well, excessively bully (sorry): a deadly kicker and a threat pinch nan shot successful hand.

Canada: Julia Schell; Alysha Corrigan, Florence Symonds, Alex Tessier (capt), Asia Hogan-Rochester; Taylor Perry; Justine Pelletier; McKinley Hunt, Emily Tuttosi, DaLeaka Menin, Sophie de Goede, Courtney O’Donnell, Caroline Crossley, Karen Paquin, Fabiola Forteza.

Replacements: Gillian Boag, Brittany Kassil, Olivia DeMerchant, Tyson Beukeboom, Laetitia Royer, Gabrielle Senft, Olivia Apps, Shoshanah Seumanutafa.

Preamble

Welcome to nan 2nd World Cup quarter-final: Canada v Australia for a spot other the defending champions New Zealand successful nan past four. Canada are classed No 2 successful nan world, went unbeaten successful nan group shape and – contempt being almost wholly amateur and mostly self-funded – are patient favourites today. Australia are seventh successful nan world rankings, won 1 lucifer successful qualifying from Pool A and person ne'er beaten Canada successful 7 attempts.

And yet … let’s not wholly constitute disconnected nan Wallaroos. They emerged from nan toughest group, drew pinch nan USA successful what was fundamentally an early qualification shootout and, successful their past outing, gave England much problems than nan last scoreline suggested. Australia led nan hosts and tourney favourites for 26 minutes earlier succumbing successful nan 2nd half.

Meanwhile Scotland put 3 tries connected Canada successful their past crippled and – for each nan brilliance of Sophie de Goede, Julia Schell, Alex Tessier et al – you consciousness location is room for Kévin Rouet’s broadside to improve. Australia person immoderate breathtaking young stars, not slightest nan 18-year-old sensation Caitlyn Halse and nan lighting-quick Desiree Miller (five tries and counting successful this World Cup).

To counteract that, you only person to look astatine Canada’s bench, which includes nan likes of grounds cap-holder Tyson Beukeboom and nan versatile Laetitia Royer, to understand their spot successful depth. They person a world-class battalion and moreover if Australia get disconnected to a promising commencement astatine Ashton Gate, Canada whitethorn good crank up nan powerfulness successful nan 2nd half. Will we spot an upset aliases nan Maple Leafs put connected a dazzling early autumn show? Let’s find out!

Kick-off is astatine 4pm BST.