ROSTER SET FOR CANADA’S SECOND WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP MATCH AGAINST WALES

Thursday, August 28, 2025 (Manchester, England) — Head Coach Kevin Rouet has announced the match day lineup for Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team as they prepare for their second match of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup. 

Canada will take on Wales on Saturday, August 30 at 12:00 p.m. local time (4:00 a.m. PST / 7:00 a.m. EST) at Salford Community Stadium in Manchester, England. The match will be broadcast live on TSN and TSN+. 

"Our mindset coming into this World Cup was to take it game by game so now we are focused on Wales and preparing for how they will challenge us on the pitch,” said Rouet. “It was great to start with such a strong performance against Fiji last week but as a team we must shift our mindset to Wales. The squad is excited to get back out there a test ourselves again against another quality opponent.” 

Rouet has made a few changes to the roster he selected for Canada’s Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji. McKinley Hunt and Emily Tuttosi, who came off the bench last week, will start in the front row alongside DaLeaka Menin. Karen Paquin, who also came off the bench last week and is playing in her fourth Rugby World Cup, will start at openside flanker. 

Asia Hogan-Rochester will join the starting fifteen on the wing, making her Rugby World Cup debut and her first appearance for Canada since suffering an injury against New Zealand earlier this year. Claire Gallagher, named as a reserve for the match, could earn her first Rugby World Cup cap for Canada. 

Starting at lock this week and set to earn her 80th cap for Canada is Tyson Beukeboom — already the most-capped Canadian women’s player. She will tie former men’s player Aaron Carpenter as the most-capped Canadian rugby player in history. 

WHERE TO WATCH   
Canada’s Rugby World Cup against Wales on August 30 will kick off at 12:00pm local time (4:00am PST / 7:00am EST) and will be available on TSN4 and TSN+. All of Canada’s games at the Rugby World Cup will be broadcast live, along with bonus coverage of select non-Canada matches throughout the tournament. 

2025 WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP 
At the Rugby World Cup in England, Canada will compete in Pool B alongside Scotland, Wales and Fiji. Their final game of pool play will be against Scotland at Salford Community Stadium in Exeter, England on Saturday, September 6 at 4:00am PT / 7:00am ET (12:00pm local time). Click here for the full Pool B schedule.  

The Women’s Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham next month is sold out with 82,000 fans, making it the most attended women’s rugby union match ever. Over 375,000 tickets have been sold across all matches so far — three times more than the 2021 World Cup in New Zealand. 

CANADA’S WOMEN’S RUGBY TEAM MATCH DAY ROSTER VS WALES 
1. McKinley Hunt (King City, ON) – Aurora Barbarians / Saracens (33 caps) 
2. Emily Tuttosi (Souris, MB) - Calgary Hornets / Exeter Chiefs (36 caps) 
3. DaLeaka Menin (Vulcan, AB) – Calgary Hornets / Exeter Chiefs (64 caps) 
4. Sophie de Goede (Victoria, BC) - Castaway Wanderers / Saracens (36 caps) 
5. Tyson Beukeboom (Uxbridge, ON) – Cowichan Piggies / Aurora Barbarians / Ealing Trailfinders (79 caps) 
6. Caroline Crossley (Victoria, BC) - Castaway Wanderers (8 caps) 
7. Karen Paquin (Quebec City, QC) - Club de rugby de Quebec (46 caps) 
8. Gabrielle Senft (Regina, SK) – Castaway Wanderers / Saracens (35 caps) 
9. Justine Pelletier (Rivière-du-Loup, QC) – Club de rugby de Québec / Stade Bordelais (38 caps) 
10. Taylor Perry (Oakville, ON) - Oakville Crusaders / Exeter Chiefs (18 caps) 
11. Asia Hogan-Rochester (Toronto, ON) - Toronto Nomads / Westshore RFC (3 caps)  
12. Alexandra Tessier (Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, QC) – Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue RFC / Exeter Chiefs (61 caps) 
13. Florence Symonds (Vancouver, BC) - University of British Columbia (13 caps) 
14. Alysha Corrigan (Charlottetown, PEI) - CRFC / Saracens (22 caps) 
15. Julia Schell (Uxbridge, ON) – Guelph Goats / Castaway Wanderers / Ealing Trailfinders (27 caps) 
 
FINISHERS  
16. Gillian Boag (Calgary, AB) – Capilano RFC (34 caps) 
17. Brittany Kassil (Guelph, ON) – Guelph Goats (48 caps)   
18. Olivia DeMerchant (Mapledale, NB) - Halifax Tars RFC (61 caps)   
19. Courtney O'Donnell (Rimbey, AB) – Red Deer Titans Rugby (48 caps)   
20. Fabiola Forteza (Quebec City, QC) – Club de rugby de Québec / Stade Bordelais (36 caps) 
21. Olivia Apps (Lindsay, ON) – Lindsay RFC (20 caps) 
22. Claire Gallagher (Caledon, ON) – Aurora Barbarians / Ealing Trailfinders (18 caps) 
23. Shoshanah Seumanutafa (White Rock, BC) – Counties Manukau (19 caps) 
 
MISSION: WIN RUGBY WORLD CUP   
In March 2025, Rugby Canada officially launched the Mission: Win Rugby World Cup (MWRWC) 2025 fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $1,000,000. Despite rising to the second world ranking, the Canadian women’s rugby team operates on a fractional budget compared to its closest competitors. This $1 million gap was identified to best equip the team with extra resources to help them make history.  
 
The mission is now within reach: over 95% of the fundraising goal has been pledged through generous individual donations and crowd funding. Rugby Canada extends its deep appreciation to all MWRWC supporters. For more information or to donate, visit rugby.ca/donate.