Canada's women beat England again, handing England its first back-to-back losses since 2016
Canada beat England 31-22 in Ottawa on Friday, the second time in the Rugby Rematch Tour that the Canadian women had beaten the English side. The result followed a 24-21 Canadian win in Toronto over the top-ranked English side.
De Goede scored two tries, while Julia Omokhuale, DaLeaka Menin and Savannah Bauder also scored in front of 14,117 fans. The Toronto win snapped England's 41-game unbeaten streak, and the 31-22 loss in Ottawa was the first time England had lost two consecutive matches since 2016.
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Two wins in a week against the top-ranked side is a genuine achievement, but a two-match sweep is not a power shift. The next question is whether Canada can repeat it when the stakes are higher.
Calling it just a two-match sweep undersells the Toronto result: that win snapped a 41-game England unbeaten streak. Beating them again in Ottawa is not nothing.