Canada’s Senior Women’s 15s match day roster confirmed for Rugby World Cup warmup test match versus Wales

Canada’s Senior Women’s 15s match day roster for this weekend’s international test match against Wales has been confirmed.

Head Coach Kevin Rouet’s side, whose official team partner is NFP, take on No. 9-ranked Wales this Saturday at the Wanderers Grounds in Halifax, NS. Kickoff is at 5:00 p.m. Atlantic / 1:00 p.m. Pacific. Click here to buy tickets.

The fixture represents the Women’s 15s program’s last warmup match on home soil before they head to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand next month. Olivia DeMerchant and Emma Taylor, both of whom call Halifax home, are part of the roster with the former in the starting lineup and the latter named among the finishers.

Several cap milestones will be achieved for Canada over the course of the match. Elissa Alarie – who is also a regular for Canada’s Senior Women’s Sevens team – will earn her 40th cap for the 15s, while it will be Alexandra Tessier’s 35th cap and Brianna Miller’s 30th.

Should she enter the field as a substitute, Laura Russell will earn her 53rd cap to pull level with her sister, Kelly, as the third most-capped Canadian woman of all time, while Justine Pelletier will receive her 10th cap if she enters the fray from the bench.

“The players have trained extremely well this week and our preparations to face Wales have been thorough,” said Rouet. “We look forward to another opportunity to test ourselves ahead of the Rugby World Cup, and a chance to play in front of another home crowd in such a passionate rugby city in Halifax and province in Nova Scotia.”

WHERE TO WATCH

Fans can watch Canada’s Senior Women’s 15s’ test match versus Wales live on TSN 1 and 4, via TSN.ca and the TSN App. Kickoff is 5:00 p.m. Atlantic / 1:00 p.m. Pacific on Saturday. An encore presentation is set for Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern / 8:30 a.m. Pacific on TSN 2.

CANADA’S SENIOR WOMEN’S 15S GAME DAY ROSTER VS WALES

1. Olivia DeMerchant (Mapledale, NB) – Halifax Tars RFC
2. Emily Tuttosi (Souris, MB) – Calgary Hornets / Exeter Chiefs
3. DaLeaka Menin (Vulcan, AB) – Calgary Hornets / Exeter Chiefs
4. Courtney Holtkamp (Rimbey, AB) – Red Deer Titans
5. Tyson Beukeboom (Uxbridge, ON) – Cowichan RFC
6. Fabiola Forteza (Quebec City, QC) – Club de rugby de Québec
7. Karen Paquin (Quebec City, QC) – Club de rugby de Québec / Les Lionnes du Stade Bordelais
8. Sophie de Goede © (Victoria, BC) – Castaway Wanderers RFC
9. Brianna Miller (Pointe-Claire, QC) – Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue RFC
10. Taylor Perry (Oakville, ON) – Oakville Crusaders
11. Maddy Grant (Cornwall, ON) – University of Ottawa
12. Alexandra Tessier (Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, QC) – Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue RFC
13. Sara Kaljuvee (Ajax, ON) – Toronto Scottish
14. Paige Farries (Red Deer, AB) – Worcester Warriors
15. Elissa Alarie (Trois-Rivieres, QC) – Westshore RFC

FINISHERS

16. Laura Russell (Bolton, ON) – Cowichan RFC / Toronto Nomads
17. Brittany Kassil (Guelph, ON) – Guelph Redcoats
18. Alex Ellis (Ottawa, ON) – Barrhaven Scottish / Saracens
19. Emma Taylor (Scotsburn, NS) – HRFC
20. Ngalula Fuamba (Notre Dame de-l'ile-Perrot, QC) - T.M.R.R.F.C.
21. Sara Svoboda (Belleville, ON) – Brantford Harlequins / Belleville Bulldogs / Loughborough Lightning
22. Justine Pelletier (Riviere-du-Loup, QC) – Club de rugby de Québec
23. Julia Schell (Uxbridge, ON) – Guelph Redcoats / Castaway Wanderers