WXV World Sequence
Canada (12) 31
Tries: Omokhuale, De Goede 3, Bauder Cons: De Goede 3
England (7) 22
Tries: Feaunati, Cokayne, Sing Cons: Harrison, Sing Pens: Harrison
Head coach John Mitchell stated England want a “new stimulus” after dropping 31-22 to Canada within the WXV Sequence in Ottawa to undergo back-to-back defeats for the primary time in a decade.
The hosts ran in 5 tries to England’s three, together with a hat-trick for captain Sophie de Goede, as they backed up final weekend’s 24-21 win in Toronto, which ended the Pink Roses’ 41-match unbeaten streak, with one other assertion victory.
It completes a 2-0 sequence win for Canada after the 2 sides additionally shared a 26-26 attract Exeter in September.
After dropping a number of matches in a calendar 12 months for the primary time since 2016, world champions England head into their assembly with the USA in New Jersey subsequent Friday (21:15 GMT) hoping to keep away from three consecutive losses for the primary time since 2013.
England made a promising begin, Maddie Feaunati crashing over from shut vary inside 10 minutes, however Canada hit again twice in fast succession by means of Julia Omokhuale and De Goede to guide 12-7 on the break.
Zoe Harrison kicked a penalty early within the second half earlier than England turned to their driving maul to overturn the deficit, Amy Cokayne strolling of their second rating.
Nevertheless, De Goede restored her facet’s lead three minutes later and accomplished her hat-trick simply after the hour-mark earlier than Savannah Bauder danced down the left wing to place Canada out of sight.
Emma Sing bagged a comfort strive for England within the eightieth minute.
“Maybe we’ve turn out to be just a little bit predictable,” stated Mitchell, who arrived in Canada unbeaten as England head coach. “Undoubtedly I am going to need to create with the ladies the brand new stimulus within the new 12 months.
“Take a look at matches of this high quality, the very best groups on this planet, it at all times comes all the way down to execution. We offered ourselves many a chance and we simply did not fairly execute.”
