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Canada ends England rugby team unbeaten run in Toronto

Canada's women rugby team defeated England 24-21 in Toronto to end the Red Roses' 41-match unbeaten run.

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Canada defeated England 24-21 in a women's rugby match in Toronto, BBC News and other news outlets reported. Shoshanah Seumanutafa scored a late try to secure the victory for the host nation. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

BBC News reported that the result ended a 41-match unbeaten streak for the Red Roses. Canada scored tries through Bauder, Corrigan, Menin, and Seumanutafa, while De Goede added two conversions. [1]

The match was played in front of 18,621 spectators, which BBC News reported as a record crowd for a standalone women's fixture in North America. Canada is the first team to defeat England since New Zealand won the World Cup final against them in November 2022. [1]

BBC News noted that Canada also snapped England's previous 39-match winning streak with a 26-26 draw in Exeter in September. The victory in Toronto was Canada's first win against England since 2016. [1]

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In short

  • Canada defeated England 24-21 in a women's rugby match in Toronto.
  • Shoshanah Seumanutafa scored the winning late try for Canada.
  • The defeat ended England's 41-match unbeaten streak.
  • The match drew a crowd of 18,621 spectators.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]England's 41-match unbeaten run ended by CanadaBBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Canada 24-21 England: Red Roses' 41-match unbeaten run ends in TorontoBBC, 1h ago
  3. [3]Talking points as Canada end England's 41-match unbeaten streak in TorontoRugbypass.com, 4h ago
  4. [4]Canada ends England’s 41-match unbeaten streak — The GuardianUA.NEWS, 4h ago
  5. [5]Canada ends England's 41-match unbeaten streak in women's rugbySportsnet.ca, 3h ago
  6. [6]Canada Beat England 24-21 in Toronto to End Red Roses’ 41-Match Unbeaten RunLower Bucks Times, 3h ago

Background

  1. [7]2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage on Wikipedia
  2. [8]England on Grokipedia
  3. [9]Canada on Grokipedia
  4. [10]Ireland and Israel complete controversial Nations League fixture in Serbia FTMQ News, 11d ago
  5. [11]Ireland press conference ends abruptly ahead of Nations League match with Israel FTMQ News, 13d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 11 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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