Canada vs England: Women's Rugby World Cup Final; Rouet Trusts in Surprise

Canada ready to challenge England in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final

Canada coach Kevin Rouet is confident his players are ready for the biggest challenge as they seek victory against England in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final. The Maple Leafs fell to the Red Roses in the semi-finals of the last World Cup, with a score of 26-19, and proved to be a superior team last October, despite losing 21-12 in the WXV1 tournament in Vancouver. Rouet acknowledges that his team is the “underdog” in the match at Twickenham, where England will seek to extend their impressive streak of 32 consecutive victories and remain at the top of the world ranking. Canada, currently in second place in the global ranking, arrives undefeated in 2025 and demonstrated its intention to reach the final by defeating the defending champions, New Zealand, with an impressive 34-19 victory.

Canadá se enfrentará a Inglaterra en la final del Mundial el sábado.

Canada will face England in the World Cup final on Saturday.Rouet, who was appointed coach six months before the tournament, commented: “I think we were very close in the last World Cup. We lost in the semi-finals against England and, although the metrics favored us, the score didn’t. Sometimes it’s difficult. We weren’t prepared for those high-pressure matches. We have changed the way we play and I think a year and a half ago I saw that we were going in the right direction and we are doing many things well. Recently, we have only lost against them (England). We had a good match in Canada (in 2024), but we didn’t specify the details. The key to success for us is more time together.” How to watch the Women’s Rugby World Cup final Canada, with a semi-professional team, had to resort to crowdfunding to finance almost a third of their World Cup campaign. So far, they have proven superior to their opponents, leading Group B above Scotland, Fiji, and Wales, before defeating Australia and the Black Ferns in the knockout stages. England, who defeated Canada to lift the World Cup trophy in 2014, but has lost five of the last six finals against New Zealand, has yet to show its best form, despite advancing relatively easily.

Each team has strengths and weaknesses and we talk about it. We focus on ourselves, but we also show some weaknesses that England has and we hope that during the game we can put pressure on that and force them to go to their plan B or whatever they need to do to win this match. We want to make sure they feel uncomfortable coming into the match, and that’s how we want to win.
Kevin Rouet

A crowd of approximately 82,000 spectators awaits Canada in southwest London. The attendance record for a women’s 15s match is 58,498.

We came here to win the World Cup, so we also have the pressure because we want to win this match. But we love having the pressure. Most of the stadium will be against us and that already makes us smile. We want the energy of the stadium.
Kevin Rouet

Following England’s decision to keep the same starting XV and bench, Rouet has maintained confidence in the same 23 players who defeated the Black Ferns. This means that Canada will complete each round of the World Cup knockout stage with the same 23, led by center Alex Tessier. World Player of the Year nominee Sophie de Goede is present in the second row.