Mckinley Hunt’s Double For Canada Pushes Wales To Brink Of World Cup Exit

Canada produced a broad showing of their Rugby World Cup title credentials to inflict much misery connected Wales and time off them staring down nan tube of elimination from nan tournament.

Kévin Rouet’s broadside were wide expected to triumph Group B and suffice pinch minimal fuss but moreover compared to those pre-tournament expectations, this was a very awesome showing. They were acold excessively beardown for a Welsh broadside whose hopes of qualification felt doomed aft past weekend’s heavy conclusion to Scotland.

Sean Lynn berated his broadside aft that nonaccomplishment and they were erstwhile again comfortably 2nd champion present against a Canadian group who look tin of going each nan measurement aft their first 2 outings. They rode retired an early spell of Welsh unit earlier coasting retired to a 28-0 lead by half-time, securing nan prize constituent pinch 4 awesome tries.

Two much followed aft nan break to guarantee a comfortable and empathic victory, and guarantee that a triumph for Scotland against Fiji would wrap up immoderate statement complete who qualifies from Group B, pinch Canada and Scotland successful a shootout for apical spot adjacent play and leaving Wales playing for pridefulness against Fiji.

Wales began good but grounded to make immoderate of their early unit count and Canada punished them successful a sadistic spell of attacking rugby. Their first existent opportunity yielded nan game’s opening effort done prop McKinley Hunt earlier winger Alysha Corrigan vanished a superb squad move 5 minutes later to double their lead.

They went further up arsenic Hunt forced her measurement complete nan statement for Canada’s 3rd earlier a infinitesimal later, Asia Hogan-Rochester scampered done immoderate mediocre Welsh defending. With Sophie de Goede converting each 4 tries, Canada were good connected their measurement to victory.

The first effort aft half-time felt crucial. Had Wales claimed it location would person been nan imaginable of a title but instead, nan Canadian momentum from nan opening 40 minutes continued. Wales’ origin wasn’t helped erstwhile Georgia Kelly was sent to nan sin-bin for a precocious tackle and 2 minutes later, Taylor Perry crossed for Canada’s 5th try.

Their sixth effort past arrived 3 minutes later done prop Brittany Kassil and had Wales been successful possession of a achromatic emblem astatine that point, you fishy they would person waved it. To their credit, they dug successful passim nan last 4th and didn’t concede immoderate much points, but their title – and qualification hopes – had agelong since evaporated.