{"id":39743,"date":"2025-09-25T04:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/canada-shocks-in-rugby-womens-world-cup-final-after-defeating-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T04:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:37:01","slug":"canada-shocks-in-rugby-womens-world-cup-final-after-defeating-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/canada-shocks-in-rugby-womens-world-cup-final-after-defeating-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Shocks in Rugby: Women’s World Cup Final After Defeating New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada Destroys New Zealand and Advances to the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final<\/h2>\n\nCanada is no longer an underestimated team. After an impressive victory over New Zealand with a score of 34-19, the Canadian team has demonstrated its worth in the Women’s Rugby World Cup.\n\nThe Canada coach, K\u00e9vin Rouet, used to say before matches: “We are Canada, nobody knows us, and we are happy with that.” However, the four teams that Canada has defeated on their way to the 2025 Rugby World Cup semi-final already knew the strength of the Canadians. Now, New Zealand knows it too.\n\nCanada, currently number two in the world, has maintained an undefeated record of three matches against New Zealand. The Black Ferns, winners of six of the last seven World Cups, faced a Canadian team led by key figures such as Sophie de Goede and Justine Pelletier.\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nNew Zealand’s defeat was the largest in a World Cup match, with the most points conceded and five tries against.\n\nThe Canadian team, which raised nearly one million Canadian dollars through a crowdfunding campaign, has demonstrated its ability to shine on the world stage.\n\n\n

We have defied the odds time and time again and that unites us, drives us forward and fosters in the group the knowledge that we can overcome anything.<\/p>Sophie De Goede<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe match was dominated by Canada, who played multifaceted and incredible rugby. They used the aerial game, dominated the breakdown, and showed amazing reaction speed. Pelletier, with her skill, opened up spaces for her teammates and scored the first try.\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nCanada will face the winner of the match between England and France in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final.\n\nSophie de Goede, with her goal-scoring ability, her breakdown prowess, her speed in attack, and her precise hands, was a key figure in the match. In the second half, Canada scored their fifth try and resisted New Zealand’s comeback attempt.\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nCoach Rouet expressed his satisfaction and his focus on the next challenge. “I told the girls to stop crying because we have work to do in eight days. That’s the mentality.”\n\nAlysha Corrigan, a player from Canada, highlighted that the team feels motivated by being considered the “underdog”.\n\nCanada’s victory, with a final score of 34-19, was a recognition of their attacking game and solid defense. Despite the presence of outstanding New Zealand players, such as Braxton Sorensen-McGee, Canada managed to maintain control of the match.\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nCanada, after resisting New Zealand’s comeback attempts, prepares for the final with an extra day of rest.\n\nCaptain Tessier praised the team’s effort and their game plan. “That was our game plan, to put them under pressure. We did a good job at that and managed to recover the ball.”\n\nCanada, no longer considered an underestimated team, prepares for the World Cup final. De Goede commented: “I think we’ve gone from being a dark horse to an ‘underdog’. We’ll see what the next step is in the final.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canada Destroys New Zealand and Advances to the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final Canada is no longer an underestimated team. After an impressive victory over New Zealand with a score of 34-19, the Canadian team has demonstrated its worth in the Women’s Rugby World Cup. The Canada coach, K\u00e9vin Rouet, used to say before matches: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1467,683,203,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-39743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rugby","7":"tag-canada","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-rugby","10":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}