Canada’s U20 Women’s Rugby Team defeat Wales, finish Transatlantic Quad Series with undefeated record
Rugby 15s U20 Women
Canada’s U20 Women’s Rugby Team finished the inaugural Transatlantic Quad Series with dominating victory over Wales by a final score of 53-17 on Wednesday in Ystrad Mynach, Wales.
Canada’s U20 Women’s Rugby Team finished the inaugural Transatlantic Quad Series with a dominating victory over Wales by a final score of 53-17 on Wednesday in Ystrad Mynach, Wales.
From the opening kickoff, Canada was dominant across the pitch, scoring five tries in the opening 40-minutes of play to propel them to their third and final win of the competition.
Lock Sierra Hasse got the scoring started for Canada in fourth minute of play after sustained pressure inside the Wales' 22-metre line. Ava Ference’s first convert of the match was successful for an early 7-0 lead. However, Wales answered with their only try of the half just eight minutes later, using a five-metre scrum in front of Canada’s goal line as a platform to pull the score to 7-5.
The Canadian floodgates opened in the 17th minute after a try from Camille Arvin-Béro followed by three more from Lana Dueck, Kennedi Stevenson and Addy Holmes throughout the rest of the opening half to give Canada a 29-5 lead at halftime.
At the start of the second half, Canada used a lineout and a maul just outside the Wales' 22-metre line to set up their six try of the match, with Emily Findlay diving over the line in the 44th minute.
Three more tries from Canadians Ava Van Santen, Olivia Newsome and Maia Swemmer capped of the scoring for Canada on their way to earning the victory by a final score of 53-17.
With the win, Canada finishes the inaugural Transatlantic Quad Series with a perfect record of 3-0, also defeating the USA and England in their first two matches of the competition.
CANADA’S U20 WOMEN’S RUGBY TEAM - July 24 vs Wales
1. Madeline Di Girolamo (Vaughan, ON) – University of Guelph
2. Kiki Idowu (Toronto, ON) – Toronto Scottish / University of British Columbia
3. Jordyn Schneppenheim (Keswick, ON) – Aurora Barbarians / Queen’s University
4. Anya Prokopich (Surrey, BC) – Vancouver Thunderbirds / University of British Columbia
5. Sierra Hasse (Saint-Lazare, QC) – SABRFC
6. Jesse Knaggs (Victoria, BC) - Castaway Wanderers / University of British Columbia
7. Camille Arvin-Bérod (Saint-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, QC) - Montreal Irish / Laval University / Lons Section Paloise
8. Emily Findlay (Regina, SK) – Westshore RFC / University of Victoria
9. Ava Ference (Shawnigan Lake, BC) – Harvard University
10. Grace Jacklyn (Brantford, ON) - Brantford Harlequins / University of Guelph
11. Adelaide Holmes (Waterloo, ON) – Guelph RFC / University of Guelph
12. Lana Dueck (Abbotsford, BC) – Abbotsford RFC / UBC
13. Rachel Cullum (Ottawa, ON) – Kingston Panthers / Queen’s University
14. Kennedi Stevenson (Toronto, ON) – North Halton RFC
15. Ava Van Santen (Langley, BC) - Burnaby Lake RFC/Trinity Western University
Finishers
16. Brooke Rempel (Ariss, ON) – Brantford Harlequins / Brock University
17. Jayne Armatage (Waterloo, ON) – Guelph Redcoats / Queen’s University
18. Maddy Thran (Courtenay, BC) – Comox Valley Rapids / University of British Columbia
19. Maia Swemmer (Uxbridge, ON) - Aurora Barbarians / Brock University
20. Piper Walsh (Luskville, QC) – SABRFC / University of Victoria
21. Olivia Newsome (Calgary, AB) – Lanark Highlanders / Calgary Saints / University of Victoria
22. Elle Douglas (Saskatoon, SK) – Kirin RFC / University of Victoria
23. Ella Blyth (Oshawa, ON) – University of Ottawa