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THEY’VE COME A long, long way together, and after all the praise that rained down on the Ireland team following their seismic defeat of New Zealand last weekend, Scott Bemand’s side look to do it all again against Canada tonight .
Canada, the 2024 World Rugby Pacific Four Series champions, currently sit above New Zealand in the world rankings, leapfrogging the Blacks Ferns into second spot following their own commanding start to this competition. It’s just the fourth meeting between the teams – Ireland losing heavily at the 2002 World Cup before winning a 2006 game in Galway and suffering a 48-7 hiding when Canada came to Dublin in 2016. Nicole Fowley is the only member of the current squad who was involved that day.
After some mixed displays earlier this year, Ireland are settling into familiar patterns of play under Bemand and look a more well-drilled side. To compliment that, they have some outstanding individual talents who are rising to the big occasions. The absence of Edel McMahon through injury sees Enya Breen step up to captain the team for the first time. It will be a momentous day for the Munster centre, who has clocked up 23 caps since debuting in 2019.Ireland’s confidence will be sky-high, although one imagines the result will come secondary to the performance for Bemand here.
If Ireland’s defence can live with a powerful Canada side, and they take their chances when they come, this young team can deliver another performance to be proud of.
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