Japan Women face off against Canada Women in Women's Rugby World Cup on Sat 8th October 2022 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 03:15. In South Africa it’s at 04:15 SAST, 15:15 NZST in New Zealand, 13:15 AEST in Australia and 19:15 EST in the US.
Canada Women won the last encounter but Canada Women are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Canada Women sits at 2 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Japan Women holds 11.
The two sides are separated by 9 places in the rankings with Japan Women in position 11 and Canada Women in position 2 as such Canada Women are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Japan 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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