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Toronto Sun
3 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
Canada women stumble in second half but beat Ireland 47-26 in final World Cup warm-up
Published Aug 09, 2025 • 3 minute read Canada's Florence Symonds (13) celebrates her try with teammates Julia Schell (15), middle, and Alexandra Tessier (12) as they take on the USA's during the second half of Women's rugby action in Ottawa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press BELFAST — Florence Symonds scored two first-half tries and Canada survived an uneven second half to dispatch Ireland 47-26 Saturday in its final warm-up match before the Rugby World Cup kicks off in England later this month. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account After running up a comfortable 33-7 lead in the first half, the second-ranked Canadian women were outscored 19-14 by the fifth-ranked Irish in the second. The Canadians, who improved to 6-0-1 this year, have the next five days off before reassembling for the 16-team World Cup. Canada, which finished fourth at the last World Cup in November 2022, opens tournament play against No. 14 Fiji on Aug. 23 in York, then faces No. 9 Wales on Aug. 30 in Manchester and No. 8 Scotland on Sept. 6 in Exeter. 'We're ready,' said Canadian No. 8 Fabiola Forteza, named player of the match. The Irish, who finished third in Six Nations play this year at 2-3-0 behind No. 1 England and No. 4 France, are in Pool C with No. 3 New Zealand, No. 11 Japan and No. 13 Spain. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Justine Pelletier, DaLeaka Menin, Paige Farries, Julia Schell and Sophie de Goede also scored tries for Canada with de Goede adding six conversions. 'We were expecting physicality from the Irish team and that's what we got. But we kept on grinding,' said Forteza. Anna McGann and Beibhinn Parsons each scored two tries for Ireland. Dannah O'Brien booted three conversions at Affidea Stadium, formerly known as Kingspan Stadium. 'I'm really proud of our second-half performance,' said Irish co-captain Sam Monaghan. Both teams had players sent to the sin-bin in the first half with Menin sidelined for 10 minutes when the prop was yellow-carded in the 19th minute for head contact in a tackle, and hooker Neve Jones paying the price for too many Irish infractions. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The teams exchanged converted tries while Menin was off. Canada scored a try while Jones was off. Irish fullback Stacey Flood was yellow-carded in the 79th minute for head contact with de Goede scoring soon after. Canada lost captain Alex Tessier in the 24th minute after the star centre failed a head injury assessment. Canada improved to 16-5-1 since the last World Cup, with four of the losses to England and one to New Zealand. Canada tied New Zealand 27-27 in May in Pacific Four Series play. The Canadians threatened early, taking advantage of four straight penalties against Ireland. But the Irish resisted, winning a penalty at the breakdown near the goal-line to end the attack. Canada went ahead 7-0 after Ireland failed to find touch on a penalty. That opened the door to the Canadian backs and Symonds broke a tackle and slashed through the Irish defence in the 10th minute. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Four minutes later, Pelletier took advantage of an opening at the breakdown and ran in for a second try. Ireland replied in the 21st minute through a fine solo effort from Parsons with Canada down a player. But Symonds scored her second, dancing through the Irish defence for a 21-7 lead in the 24th minute. Ireland was warned twice in the first half by French referee Aurelie Groizeleau for taking too many penalties and Jones paid the price in the 30th minute for the next infraction. Canada took advantage three minutes later with Menin bulling her way over from close range to up the lead to 26-7. Farries added another on the stroke of halftime. Ireland came out with purpose in the second half, scoring tries from McGann in the 59th and 62nd minute, with the second a fine solo effort, and Parsons in the 71st. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Canadians answered with tries from Schell (in the 56th minute) and de Goede (80th). Canada improved to 4-1-0 all-time against Ireland. The teams last met in October at the WXV 1 tournament, with Canada winning 21-8 in Langley, B.C. Seeking consistency ahead of the World Cup, Canada coach Kevin Rouet made just three changes to his lineup that beat the 10th-ranked United States 42-10 in Ottawa on Aug. 1. With Gabby Senft being rested, Caroline Crossley slotted into the back row with Forteza shifting from flanker to No. 8. Pelletier, who came off the bench against the Americans, started at scrum half with Olivia Apps coming off the bench. Alysha Corrigan returned at wing after an injury absence. Irish coach Scott Bemand, who is set to announce his World Cup roster Monday, made 10 changes to the team that rallied from a 14-0 deficit to beat Scotland 27-21 last weekend in Cork. Check out our sports section for the latest news and analysis. Toronto Blue Jays Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls Editorials Toronto & GTA
CBC
8 hours ago
- CBC
Thunder Bay young tennis players find inspiration in Victoria Mboko's success
Social Sharing Thunder Bay's tennis community is a growing one, thanks in part to the on-court achievements of Canadian pros like Victoria Mboko, the director of the city's tennis centre said. The southern-Ontario based Mboko, 18, won the National Bank Open on Thursday, by defeating Japan's Naomi Osaka in Montreal. "The kids see it on TV, adults see it on TV, right?" said Jamie Grieve, director of tennis at the Thunder Bay Community Tennis Centre, located at Chapples Park. "That's why our memberships on (an) all time high this year." Grieve said Thursday the centre has about 500 members this year. One of them is Elizabeth Niemi, who was training at the centre on Thursday afternoon. "I watched the match [Wednesday] night," she said. "I was really happy that she won in that really close tiebreak." "It just gives more motivation that in Canada, even though we don't have as many top ... very famous coaches as there are in Europe, we can still rise to the top and perform really well." Niemi has been playing tennis since she was seven, and has seen the youth program continually grow. "I think there's more people because it's a sport that's really good for your health, and it's so many different levels," she said. "You can just play for fun and just tap the ball over the net with your friends, or you could play really competitively." "So there's a lot of range of skill." Ethyn Earl was also training at the centre on Thursday. He's been hitting the court for 10 or 15 years. "The kids ... love it," he said. "I think lots of parents played and now it's all their kids coming to play." "It's just a game that you can get involved in pretty easily." There will soon be more opportunities to play tennis in Thunder Bay: construction is well underway on the centre's new indoor bubble. The bubble is being built next to the centre's outdoor courts at Chapples Park. It's expected to open in the fall, Grieve said. The bubble, he said, will include six indoor courts, one of which has been made wider than normal so it can be divided into four pickleball courts. "We're looking to host pickleball Monday to Fridays in the daytime," he said. "Depending on what the usage is for tennis at the other times, prime time in the evenings and stuff like that, If there's more open times for pickleball, then we're going to host more times for pickleball." "We're not (going to) leave courts empty," Grieve said. "We're going to try and fill them as best as we can and we think they're going to be pretty full."
CBC
16 hours ago
- CBC
Tennis star Bianca Andreescu reacts to Victoria Mboko's success
Pro tennis player Bianca Andreescu discusses Victoria Mboko's incredible performance at the National Bank Open champion in Montreal, the rise of interest in women's sports and what needs to happen to keep the momentum going.
