Canada’s aim is to win subsequent yr’s Ladies’s Rugby World Cup in England, says captain Tyson Beukeboom.
Canada, regardless of being amateurs, are second on the planet rankings behind England, who narrowly defeated them 26-19 on the World Cup semi-final in 2022.
Canada welcome John Mitchell’s England group to Vancouver’s BC Place on Sunday in a decider for the WXV1 title, with either side undefeated on this yr’s competitors.
“We’ve that perception [to beat England] however lately England have been our greatest problem, so having the ability to go into that recreation and get an excellent marker of the place we stand is essential,” Beukeboom stated.
“We want to construct but in addition beat England as we do not get to say that we now have fairly often.
“It is going to be good to have a benchmark of the place we stand on the subject of the primary group on the planet.
“Our aim is to win the World Cup subsequent yr and we want to construct via this match to construct that confidence.”
Canada have competed at each Ladies’s World Cup, coming closest in 2014 after they have been defeated by the Crimson Roses within the closing, additionally reaching the semi-finals on 4 events.
Not like their foremost rivals for the World Cup, each participant has a person taking part in settlement with Canada Rugby to assist cowl flights, lodging, each day bills, coaching charges and match charges due to their novice nature.
Following a victory earlier this yr over New Zealand to clinch the Pacific 4 Collection, their sevens group picked up a silver medal eventually summer time’s Paris Olympics.
Added to snug wins over Eire and France in WXV, they’re now a group who their opponents should “be careful for”, in keeping with lock Beukeboom.
“Having been on this group for a very long time, I really feel like we now have at all times been right here,” Beukeboom, who got here off the bench through the 2014 World Cup closing, added.
“It appears like we’re actually coming into our personal proper now and we’re actually constructing, we want to the World Cup, to place our title down and set up concern in groups.”
