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Current World Ranking: 5<\/a> (79.17 points)2025-08-02 \u2013 Ireland 27, Scotland 21 (Cork)
2025-04-26 \u2013 Scotland 26, Ireland 19 (Edinburgh)
2025-04-20 \u2013 Wales 14, Ireland 40 (Newport)
2025-04-12 \u2013 Ireland 5, England 49 (Cork)
2025-03-30 \u2013 Italy 12, Ireland 54 (Parma)<\/p>\n
1 2 3 4 5 9 11 12 13 15 7 9 14 the two sides first met during the pool stage of the 2002 World Cup, but surprisingly have only faced each other in three tests since \u201cHaving another opportunity to test ourselves is essential in the run up to the Rugby World Cup and we know Canada will provide us with a really strong test. Last week we fought back hard from conceding early tries and we know we will need to start stronger this week. There is a lot at stake with the squad for the Rugby World Cup being announced early next week.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been building for the last three years so I know we are ready for the World Cup but this game against Ireland is one last opportunity to focus on the details of our game and system to make sure we are as prepared as possible. Ireland will be a tough opponent, they showed that to us last year at WXV so we have to be ready for the challenge on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n Windy conditions await at Ravenhill which could suit the home side more than the visitors. The Irish pack features experienced campaigners in Linda Djougang and Brittany Hogan, but it\u2019s a powerful Maple Leaf tight five in front of a very mobile loose forward trio. It\u2019s a good test for the Canucks and should be a closer match than in Ottawa, but on current form anything other than a convincing win would be a disappointment for Rouet & Co. Canada are favorites in Belfast.<\/p>\n Replacements: 16 Cliodhna Moloney, 17 Ellena Perry, 18 Sadhbh McGrath, 19 Eimear Corri-Fallon, 20 Sam Monaghan, 21 Claire Boles, 22 Emily Lane, 23 Eve Higgins<\/p>\n Replacements: 16 Emily Tuttosi, 17 Brittany Kassil, 18 Olivia DeMerchant, 19 Courtney O\u2019Donnell, 20 Pamphinette Buisa, 21 Olivia Apps, 22 Shoshanah Seumanutafa, 23 Sarah-Maude Lachance<\/p>\n Date: Saturday, August 9 Referee: Aur\u00e9lie Groizeleau (France) HEAD-TO-HEAD (4): ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logo-canada-2018-thumbnail.png\"){kind=logo}
Current World Ranking: 2<\/a> (89.77 points)
2025-08-01 \u2013 Canada 42, USA 10 (Ottawa)
2025-07-12 \u2013 South Africa 5, Canada 33 (Port Elizabeth)
2025-07-05 \u2013 South Africa 20, Canada 50 (Pretoria)
2025-05-23 \u2013 Australia 7, Canada 45 (Brisbane)
2025-05-17 \u2013 New Zealand 27, Canada 27 (Christchurch)<\/p>\n
\nIN
\nOUT<\/p>\n
\nNiamh O\u2019Dowd
\nSiobhan McCarthy<\/p>\n
\nNeve Jones
\nCliodhna Moloney<\/p>\n
\nLinda Djougang
\nSadhbh McGrath<\/p>\n
\nRuth Campbell
\nEimear Corri-Fallon<\/p>\n
\nFiona Tuite
\nSam Monaghan<\/p>\n
\nAoibheann Reilly
\nMolly Scuffil-McCabe<\/p>\n
\nAnna McGann
\nAmee-Leigh Costigan<\/p>\n
\nEnya Breen
\nEve Higgins<\/p>\n
\nAoife Dalton
\nNancy McGillivray<\/p>\n
\nStacey Flood
\nMeabh Deely<\/p>\n
\nIN
\nOUT<\/p>\n
\nCaroline Crossley
\nGabrielle Senft<\/p>\n
\nJustine Pelletier
\nOlivia Apps<\/p>\n
\nAlysha Corrigan
\nFancy Bermudez<\/p>\n
\ndespite sporting a 2-3 record during the Six Nations, Ireland finished third behind only England and France\u2026 they also lost to Scotland but were ranked higher on bonus points and differential
\nScott Bemand\u2019s side redeemed themselves with a victory over the Scots a week ago, but two thirds of the run-on side have been rotated for Saturday\u2019s match
\nIreland remain without world class loose forward Aoife Wafer who is recovering from knee surgery\u2026 Wafer was named Player of the Championship for the Six Nations\u2026 hooker Neve Jones and midfielder Aoife Dalton were also part of the tournament\u2019s top XV\u2026 Jones captains Ireland for the first time with Edel McMahon absent and Sam Monaghan on the bench
\nby contrast it\u2019s a very similar Canadian lineup this weekend to the team that ran away with victory in Ottawa with just three personnel changes
\nCaroline Crossley is the only new starter up front, stepping in on the flank with Fabiola Forteza switching to the back of the scrum and Gabrielle Senft left out
\nJustine Pelletier and Alysha Corrigan get a chance to make their case for a starting job at the World Cup, running out at scrumhalf and right wing respectively\u2026 it\u2019s a conventional 5-3 split on the bench this week with versatile Sarah-Maude Lachance the extra reserve back<\/p>\n\u00a0Scott Bemand <\/a>(Head Coach)<\/p>\n K\u00e9vin Rouet <\/a>(Head Coach)<\/p>\n
IRELAND
1 Niamh O\u2019Dowd, 2 Neve Jones (capt.), 3 Linda Djougang, 4 Ruth Campbell, 5 Fiona Tuite, 6 Grace Moore, 7 Ivana Kiripati, 8 Brittany Hogan, 9 Aoibheann Reilly, 10 Dannah O\u2019Brien, 11 Anna McGann, 12 Enya Breen, 13 Aoife Dalton, 14 Beibhinn Parsons, 15 Stacey Flood<\/p>\n
CANADA
1 McKinley Hunt, 2 Gillian Boag, 3 DaLeaka Menin, 4 Sophie de Goede, 5 Tyson Beukeboom, 6 Karen Paquin, 7 Caroline Crossley, 8 Fabiola Forteza, 9 Justine Pelletier, 10 Claire Gallagher, 11 Paige Farries, 12 Alex Tessier (capt.), 13 Florence Symonds, 14 Alysha Corrigan, 15 Julia Schell<\/p>\n
Venue: Ravenhill, Belfast
Kickoff: 12:00 local (04:00 Pacific, 07:00 Eastern)
Weather Forecast: partly cloudy, 64\u00b0F (18\u00b0C), wind W 16-23mph (26-38km\/h)
Broadcasts: TSN+<\/a>\u00a0(Canada), RugbyPass TV<\/a><\/p>\n
Assistants: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand) & Berenice Loubet (France)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)<\/p>\n Canada 3, \u00a0Ireland 1
2024-10-05 \u2013 Canada 21, Ireland 8 (Langley)
2016-11-19 \u2013 Ireland 7, Canada 48 (Dublin)
2006-04-29 \u2013 Ireland 15, Canada 8 (Galway)
2002-05-13 \u2013 Ireland 0, Canada 57 (Barcelona)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just two weeks to go until the start of the World Cup, Canada will have one final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-54181","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\/54181","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=54181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}