Experienced Canada women’s rugby side to face U.S. in Can-Am Series
SAN DIEGO — Captain Kelly Russell leads an experienced squad as the Canadian women’s rugby squad opens its 2017 campaign against the U.S. in their Can-Am Series opener Tuesday.
Coach Francois Ratier’s matchday 23 features 14 players who saw action in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final. Ten of Tuesday’s starting 15 played in that 21-9 loss to England.
Canada, ranked third in the world, will also play the seventh-ranked Americans on Saturday.
Canada will head to New Zealand in June to play England, Australia and the host Black Ferns ahead of the August World Cup in Ireland where the Canadian women have been drawn in a pool with New Zealand, Wales and Hong Kong.