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.
Canada’s WXV 1 victory over France this weekend marked their sixth win in a row, dating back to their final WXV match last year against France.
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.
Mather’s departure is the third from a female head coach in the league ahead of the 2024/25 season, following Vicky Macqueen leaving Leicester Tigers and Harlequins’ Amy Turner moving to another role at the men’s side of the club.
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.
As milestones go, it could not have been much sweeter for Tyson Beukeboom who celebrated becoming Canada’s most-capped female player by helping her country to a historic victory against New Zealand.