{"id":451249,"date":"2025-09-25T21:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/451249\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:03:15","slug":"canada-xv-vs-england-kevin-rouet-names-unchanged-team-for-womens-rugby-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/451249\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada XV vs England: Kevin Rouet names unchanged team for Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a> have kept up their consistent team selection by picking the same starting XV and reserves for a third successive game as they prepare to take on hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/england\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">England<\/a> in Saturday\u2019s Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>The matchday squad includes openside flanker Karen Paquin, who competed in Canada\u2019s only previous final appearance, when England beat them 21-9 in Paris in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Lock Tyson Beukeboom, who will be among the replacements on Saturday, was also on the bench for the final 11 years ago but did not come on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fuel in terms of pride,&#8221; said Paquin about the possibility of revenge at a sold-out Twickenham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know that the people from that (2014) team are all behind us big time. We hear it, we feel it. But we&#8217;re focused on what&#8217;s happening here. It&#8217;s a different team, a different coach (Kevin Rouet). Everything&#8217;s different,&#8221; she told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Canada will be looking to repeat their stunning semi-final success over holders New Zealand in Bristol last weekend, where they stormed into an early lead before securing a 34-19 triumph.<\/p>\n<p>They came through that encounter without any injuries and enhanced reputations for all of their key players, with lock Sophie de Goede earlier this week nominated as a finalist for World Rugby\u2019s Women\u2019s Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So far so good, a good week of prep,\u201d added Rouet. \u201cSimilar to last week and the week before, I like the energy of the group, so it&#8217;s good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada team for World Cup final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julia Schell, Alysha Corrigan, Florence Symonds, Alexandra Tessier, Asia Hogan-Rochester, Taylor Perry, Justine Pelletier, Fabiola Forteza, Karen Paquin, Caroline Crossley, Courtney O&#8217;Donnell, Sophie de Goede, Daleaka Menin, Emily Tuttosi, McKinley Hunt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements: <\/strong>Gillian Boag, Brittany Kassil, Olivia Demerchant, Tyson Beukeboom, Laetitia Royer, Gabrielle Senft, Olivia Apps, Shoshanah Seumenutafa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada have kept up their consistent team selection by picking the same starting XV and reserves for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,943,393,4884,16,15,120010],"class_list":{"0":"post-451249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-womens-rugby-world-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115266964992746271","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}