CARSON, Calif. — Captain Sophie de Goede scored 18 points, including two tries, as Canada thumped the U.S. 50-7 Sunday in the opening match of Pacific Four Series rugby tournament.
Claire Gallagher scored two tries while Tyson Beukeboom, Laetitia Royer, Maddie Grant and Julia Omokhuale added singles for Canada, which led 17-7 at halftime. De Goede kicked four conversions and Alex Tessier booted one.
"We need to start games the way we finish them," added the 24-year-old from Victoria who plays club rugby in England for Saracens. The top three finishers in the Pacific Four Series qualify for the top division of the three-tier WXV tournament, which also features the top three from the Women's Six Nations in No. 1 England, No. 3 France and No. 10 Ireland. The bottom team in the Pacific Four slots into the WXV second tier.
The Canada women finished runner-up to New Zealand at last year's Pacific Four, defeating the U.S. 50-17 in Madrid before coming home to Ottawa where they downed Australia 45-7 and lost 52-21 to New Zealand in front of a Canadian women's record crowd of 10,092 at TD Place.But they came into Sunday's match on the back of a 38-17 win over No. 12 South Africa in a March 30 warm-up match in London that marked Sione Fukofuka's debut as U.S. coach.
Perris-Redding cut the lead to 10-7 with a converted try in the 18th minute, crashing over after the U.S. pounded away at the Canadian try-line. American Bulou Mataitoga was sent to the sin-bin on the play for a professional foul. Gallagher followed her in the 76th minute, paying the price for a string of Canadian penalties.Sevens captain Olivia Apps was a late change for Canada at scrum half, replacing Justine Pelletier who did not dress. Mahalia Robinson replaced Apps on the bench and saw action late in the game.
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