1 hr ago Internationals Womens 'We take full accountability': Kévin Rouet laments Canada performance in La Rochelle
Canada head coach Kévin Rouet cut a frustrated figure at full-time of his team's 21-5 loss to France in La Rochelle.
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France Women face off against Canada Women in WXV Global Series Round 1 on Sat 26th September 2026 at Stade Marcel-Deflandre. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 16:45 and is broadcast on RugbyPass TV. In South Africa it’s at 17:45 SAST on SuperSport, 04:45 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 01:45 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 08:45 EST on Paramount+ in the US.
Canada Women won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 1 places in the rankings with Canada Women in position 3 and France Women in position 4, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for France Women vs Canada Women will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Sign up for freeCanada head coach Kévin Rouet cut a frustrated figure at full-time of his team's 21-5 loss to France in La Rochelle.
France defeated Canada in a commanding 21-5 victory in the WXV Global Series at the Stade Marcel-Deflandre in La Rochelle.
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Lina Queyroi has kicked a conversion.
France are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Alexandra Chambon picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Carla Arbez adds the two points for France.
The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Emilie Boulard dots the ball down from close range.
The Canada maul pushes over the tryline as Lizzie Gibson scores.
Charity Williams (Canada) is shown a yellow card
Carla Arbez makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
A wonderful passing move by France is finished off by Emilie Boulard