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Canada captain still loses sleep over England's World Cup final triumph
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In Short: Canada captain Sophie de Goede still struggles with the loss to England in the 2025 World Cup final, as the teams prepare to meet again.
Canada captain Sophie de Goede admits she still loses sleep over the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final loss to England, a match that ended with a 33-13 defeat.
England, the reigning world champions, will face Canada in their first match since the World Cup final at Sandy Park in Exeter this Saturday.
Despite the emotional weight of the match for Canada, head coach Kevin Rouet downplays the idea of revenge, stating that the World Cup final was the most important game to win.
England's head coach John Mitchell sees these upcoming matches as an 'audition' for the 2029 World Cup, highlighting the tough opposition the team will face.
Canada's women's rugby team has a unique strategy to develop its players, with 25 Canadians playing in England's Professional Women's Rugby league (PWR) and several coaches from the Canadian team coaching in England.
What's confirmed
- Canada captain Sophie de Goede admits she still loses sleep over the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final loss to England, a match that ended with a 33-13 defeat.
- England, the reigning world champions, will face Canada in their first match since the World Cup final at Sandy Park in Exeter this Saturday.
- Despite the emotional weight of the match for Canada, head coach Kevin Rouet downplays the idea of revenge, stating that the World Cup final was the most important game to win.
- England's head coach John Mitchell sees these upcoming matches as an 'audition' for the 2029 World Cup, highlighting the tough opposition the team will face.
- Canada's women's rugby team has a unique strategy to develop its players, with 25 Canadians playing in England's Professional Women's Rugby league (PWR) and several coaches from the Canadian team coaching in England.
What's still developing
- Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold recalled by Thomas Tuchel for Nations League but still no place for Phil Foden.
- Chelsea’s Cole Palmer has been recalled to the England squad after being controversially omitted from the World Cup.
- They were among a host of high-profile absentees from Tuchel’s World Cup squad, along with Phil Foden, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw.
- There is still no place for those three in the upcoming Nations League games.
- England play world champions Spain, Croatia and two games against the Czech Republic in the first international window of the season.
- England came third at the World Cup, their best finish since winning the tournament in 1966.
- De Goede's Canada side were beaten 33-13 by England in the 2025 World Cup final It is nearly a year since Canada lost the Women's Rugby World Cup final to England - but time has not been a healer for everyone.
- In recent history, England's women have never faced such tough successive opposition.