The match will see world number one and number two sides England and Canada go head to head with WXV silverware on the line this Saturday in Vancouver.
It's been a monumental year for women's rugby in Canada with the national team toppling world champions New Zealand for the first time in May en route to a maiden Pacific Four title.
Tyson Beukeboom, who became Canada’s most-capped women’s player of all time during the Pacific Four Series, will reach a new milestone this weekend in WXV.
Six members of the Canada squad that secured a sevens silver medal at Paris 2024 will be part of the country’s push for WXV 1 glory on home soil.
Canada stunned the world when they won the Pacific Four Series in New Zealand defeating Rugby World Champions the Black Ferns for the first time.
Fancy Bermudez was a pivotal figure in Canada’s historic 22-19 upset. The 21-year-old winger scored two tries in her tenth international as Canada wrapped up their Pacific Four Series title.
Canada have claimed their first-ever win over the Black Ferns and the Pacific Four Series title under grey cloud on a cold afternoon in Christchurch with a historic 22-19 win.
By her own admission, Emily Tuttosi has had little time to ruminate on the heartache of a second successive Premier 15s final defeat. Her mind might be focused on the challenge of Test rugby in the Pacific Four Series this weekend, and the prospect of playing New Zealand in front of a record crowd in Ottawa, but that does not mean back-to-back final defeats have not left a mark.
With the tournament over, we put together our XV of the players who have impressed us throughout the last six weeks.
Canada coach Kevin Rouet has made five personnel and two positional changes to his starting line-up for the third and final pool game of the World Cup against the USA at Waitakere Stadium on 23 October.