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'Outstanding' Canada U21 enjoy unbeaten March tour

Canada U21 Women after their training match with England U21 Women (Photo credit: Rugby Canada)
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Canada U21 Women enjoyed an unbeaten March tour which culminated in a dominant victory over England U21 Women.

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Coached by Dean Murten, who also coaches UBC Women’s Rugby, the side registered other victories against Ireland U21 Women and the British Army.

Already two players have seen their efforts on tour rewarded with a place in Canada’s senior squad for the 2026 Pacific Four Series.

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Front-row Kiki Idowu  scored a hat-trick against England in the behind-closed-doors match, and prop forward Brooke Rempel is also called up after her strong performances.

Dean Murten, Canada U21 Women’s head coach, said: “What an outstanding tour for this team. Not only from a results point of view, but we saw some outstanding individual performances amongst the team.

“It’s important to note that going on these tours, going to a world-class country and training in world-class environments is exciting for the women.

“I think that the players got both the great experience of training in high performance training centres and they had a lot of great times with each other, so they’ll have built some good bonds with their teammates through this tour.”

Canada U21 Women’s tour results

  • Canada 48-24 Ireland
  • Canada 58-10 British Army
  • Canada 59-21 England
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