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Iain Monaghan has quietly built a formidable CV, helping Canada's women reach the pinnacle of the sevens and XVs codes.
Canada Women face off against Wales Women in Women's Rugby World Cup Round 2 on Sat 30th August 2025 at CorpAcq Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 12:00 and is broadcast on BBC iPlayer, BBC. In South Africa it’s at 13:00 SAST on SuperSport, 23:00 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 21:00 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 04:00 EST on Paramount+ 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 Wales Women holds 12.
The two sides are separated by 10 places in the rankings with Canada Women in position 2 and Wales Women in position 12 as such Canada Women are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Canada Women vs Wales 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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Olivia DeMerchant (Canada) is shown a yellow card
The touch judges raise their flags as Sophie de Goede kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Brittany Kassil from scoring as they record the try for Canada.
The touch judges raise their flags as Sophie de Goede kicks the conversion.
The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Taylor Perry dots the ball down from close range.
Georgia Evans (Wales) is shown a yellow card
Sophie de Goede does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
Brilliant skill shown there by Asia Hogan-Rochester as they go over the white wash for a try.
Sophie de Goede makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
The pressure has finally told as McKinley Hunt scores from close range.
Sophie de Goede makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Silky skills by Canada ends with a try for Alysha Corrigan.
Sophie de Goede converts the try.
McKinley Hunt scores the try from close range.