{"id":198214,"date":"2025-10-08T16:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/198214\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:47:09","slug":"the-momentum-weve-built-is-worth-celebrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/198214\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The momentum we\u2019ve built is worth celebrating\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In her first social media post since Canada<\/a> lost the 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup<\/a> final Sophie de Goede<\/a> said that defeat is \u201cgoing to be a tough pill to swallow\u201d.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old broke her silence just over a week from the North Americans\u2019 33-13 loss to England\u2019s Red Roses<\/a> in front of a world record crowd of 81,885 supporters at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cGutted from our performance in the final \u2013 it\u2019s going to be a tough pill to swallow for a long time,\u201d she wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI know a lot of people think Canada<\/a> should just be celebrating making the final but winning was always our goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat said, the momentum we\u2019ve built behind rugby back home is certainly worth celebrating. I\u2019m so excited to see Canada continue growing into a rugby nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so lucky to have grown up in our sport; rugby has been a constant, positive thread in my life, and I want more Canadians to experience the same community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since making her senior international debut in 2022, De Goede has forged a reputation as one of women\u2019s rugby\u2019s top competitors. A reputation only furthered by the 26-year-old\u2019s World Rugby Women\u2019s 15s Player of the Year win<\/p>\n

Less than two hours after full-time the 26-year-old could not summon the words to sum up how she felt about receiving the award.<\/p>\n

She is the second Canadian to win the award after Magali Harvey<\/a>, who similarly received her recognition in the wake of a World Cup final loss to England.<\/p>\n

De Goede admitted that Canada had been unable to get the right tempo for their attack to tick and credited the Red Roses for their game management in West London.<\/p>\n

Visibly devastated by the Canucks\u2019 loss, that notion of growing the game back in Canada was an immense positive for De Goede to cling to.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the tournament there was a sense that people in Canada had started to pay more interest in the team\u2019s progression to the final.<\/p>\n

Whether that was increased coverage on the television or the smattering of reporters that made their way to Allianz Stadium for the final, there was a palpable notion of Canadians becoming more invested in their national team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we were frustrated ultimately with the result because I think we could have brought a stronger message on the field,\u201d De Goede said at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if you look at the scope of things, I think we created a lot of momentum for the sport back home and that was one of our major goals. It\u2019s not the celebration that we hoped to be having tonight but it\u2019s still something we can celebrate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of work in the dark and behind the scenes to get to this moment; hopefully that means over the next cycle we can do more of that work but in the light.\u201d<\/p>\n

That groundswell of support is just one of many positives that the Canadians hope to harness in the years to come.<\/p>\n

Quickly the squad shifted their mindset to the 2029 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup<\/a> in Australia<\/a> and the work that needs to be done to go one step further.<\/p>\n

Already it has been proven that Canada has the talent.<\/p>\n

They are unbeaten against the Black Ferns in their past three meetings and a head coach in K\u00e9vin Rouet with all the nous to devise a plan that could take Canada from being a two-time nearly team to world champions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you need to focus on it a bit and learn from the experience,\u201d De Goede said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully there will be a much larger chunk at the next World Cup with that experience so it\u2019s important for us to reflect on this match and take that forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In her first social media post since Canada lost the 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup final Sophie de…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-198214","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\/198214","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=198214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}