{"id":149918,"date":"2025-09-17T14:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/149918\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:28:14","slug":"karen-paquin-to-reach-half-century-as-part-of-unchanged-canada-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/149918\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Paquin to reach half century as part of unchanged Canada squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canada<\/a> head coach Kevin Rouet has named an unchanged squad for his side\u2019s Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup<\/a> 2025<\/a> semi-final against New Zealand<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

It means 38-year-old flanker Karen Paquin<\/a>, who scored a stunning try in the 46-5 quarter-final victory against Australia, will win her 50th cap in the back row.<\/p>\n

Asia Hogan-Rochester, Alysha Corrigan<\/a> (two), Sophie de Goede, McKinley Hunt<\/a> and Fabiola Forteza<\/a> were the other try scorers as Canada swept aside the Wallaroos at Ashton Gate last Saturday.<\/p>\n

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\"VideoPortia Woodman-Wickliffe receives Women\u2019s Top 50 award<\/p>\n

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Canada will return to Bristol full of confidence this Friday, having won all four of their matches at the World Cup by an aggregate score of 193-31.<\/p>\n

The Black Ferns will provide their sternest test in England<\/a> so far, but the Canadians have a good recent record against their semi-final opponents.<\/p>\n

Canada beat the Black Ferns in New Zealand for the first time last year to win the Pacific Four Series<\/a> 2024 title and their most recent meeting ended in an entertaining 27-27 draw.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have shown over the past two years that we are one of the best teams in the world, and our last two results against New Zealand support that,\u201d said Rouet.<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Women’s Rugby World Cup<\/p>\n

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New Zealand Women <\/p>\n

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Canada Women <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have every reason to believe that we can win this game. On Friday, we take another step toward the ultimate goal we have been building toward over our first four games and the last three years. It will be a short week of preparation, but the team will be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada team to play New Zealand:
1. McKinley Hunt (King City, ON) \u2013 Aurora Barbarians \/ Saracens (36 caps)
2. Emily Tuttosi<\/a> (Souris, MB) \u2013 Calgary Hornets \/ Exeter Chiefs (39 caps)
3. DaLeaka Menin (Vulcan, AB) \u2013 Calgary Hornets \/ Exeter Chiefs (67 caps)
4. Sophie de Goede (Victoria, BC) \u2013 Castaway Wanderers \/ Saracens (39 caps)
5. Courtney O\u2019Donnell (Rimbey, AB) \u2013 Red Deer Titans Rugby (51 caps)
6. Caroline Crossley<\/a> (Victoria, BC) \u2013 Castaway Wanderers (11 caps)
7. Karen Paquin<\/a> (Quebec City, QC) \u2013 Club de rugby de Quebec (49 caps)
8. Fabiola Forteza (Quebec City, QC) \u2013 Club de rugby de Qu\u00e9bec \/ Stade Bordelais (39 caps)
9. Justine Pelletier<\/a> (Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup, QC) \u2013 Club de rugby de Qu\u00e9bec \/ Stade Bordelais (41 caps)
10. Taylor Perry<\/a> (Oakville, ON) \u2013 Oakville Crusaders \/ Exeter Chiefs (21 caps)
11. Asia Hogan-Rochester<\/a> (Toronto, ON) \u2013 Toronto Nomads \/ Westshore RFC (6 caps)
12. Alexandra Tessier (Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, QC) \u2013 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue RFC \/ Exeter Chiefs (64 caps)
13. Florence Symonds<\/a> (Vancouver, BC) \u2013 University of British Columbia (16 caps)
14. Alysha Corrigan (Charlottetown, PEI) \u2013 CRFC \/ Saracens (24 caps)
15. Julia Schell<\/a> (Uxbridge, ON) \u2013 Guelph Goats \/ Castaway Wanderers \/ Ealing Trailfinders (30 caps)<\/p>\n

Replacements:
16. Gillian Boag<\/a> (Calgary, AB) \u2013 Capilano RFC (37 caps)
17. Brittany Kassil<\/a> (Guelph, ON) \u2013 Guelph Goats (51 caps)
18. Olivia DeMerchant<\/a> (Mapledale, NB) \u2013 Halifax Tars RFC (64 caps)
19. Tyson Beukeboom<\/a> (Uxbridge, ON) \u2013 Cowichan Piggies \/ Aurora Barbarians \/ Ealing Trailfinders (82 caps)
20. Laetitia Royer<\/a> (Loretteville, QC) \u2013 St-Anne-de-Bellevue \/ Concordia University \/ Saracens (20 caps)
21. Gabrielle Senft<\/a> (Regina, SK) \u2013 Castaway Wanderers \/ Saracens (38 caps)
22. Olivia Apps<\/a> (Lindsay, ON) \u2013 Lindsay RFC (23 caps)
23. Shoshanah Seumanutafa<\/a> (White Rock, BC) \u2013 Counties Manukau (23 caps)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada head coach Kevin Rouet has named an unchanged squad for his side\u2019s Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-149918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}