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Canada fight back to beat USA and book their semi-final spot

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 30: Karen Paquin of Canada scores a try during the Rugby World Cup 2021 New Zealand Quarterfinal match between Canada and USA at Waitakere Stadium on October 30, 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

Canada overcame a slow start in Auckland to beat the USA 32-11 and snatch the final Rugby World Cup semi-final spot against England.

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The third-ranked side were under pressure in the first 10 minutes, when they were forced to play deep in their own half and conceded a try to Sale Sharks hooker Joanna Kitlinski.

But they hit back almost immediately with two quick tries for Exeter Chiefs lock McKinley Hunt and Stade Bordelais Lionesses loose forward Karen Paquin to be 12-5 after 20 minutes.

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Paige Farries on Canada’s quarter final win over USA | Rugby World Cup 2021

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Paige Farries on Canada’s quarter final win over USA | Rugby World Cup 2021

Canada kept working the edge on most plays, tiring out the USA defenders, but the score stayed the same until the Eagles elected to take the points and inside centre Alev Kelter easily slotted the penalty just before the break.

The rain which plagued the first half of England’s domination of Australia began pouring at half-time, but ex-Worcester Warrior Paige Farries came roaring onto the pitch in the second half as the Canadian claimed her fourth try of the tournament from a set play in the 41st minute.

Centre Alex Tessier scored the final try of the match in the 57th minute, which was duly converted by number eight Sophie de Goede, who finished with three conversions and two penalties.

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JW 22 minutes ago
Beauden Barrett weighs in on controversial yellow card

Yeah theyve been back and forth on this ruling for years. They dished out yellow cards anywhere on the field, then basically went to scrums instead, then started penalizing again, and it is only recently that the yellow card has been used again.


For instance Aaron Smith got penalized by Barnes for sticking his hand out in the RWC in France and the TMO intervened wanting the harsher punishment (as it appears that’s where WR has the refs moving towards again), even though both Barnes and the TMO said/worded the infringement the same it would appear Barnes seemed happy to accept he should have carded him.


I actually felt sorry for Barnes in that WC/Final, he seemed to have developed a good feel for the game and ref’d those situations perfectly but was overridden but the TMO on multiple occasions.


The trouble with the law is that this weeks does look similar to Villieres, but it’s entirely possible BB was playing the man instead of the ball (which you can’t say in Villieres case). In that A Smith case there was still traffic well out from the goalline, and in that Eben example it was more deliberate and only 5m out with an overlap (and if talking about that French game, they ruled that to have gone backwards so we don’t quite know what they would have done). That last situation had been when, for the last few years, a penalty would possible be upgraded to a card, not so much the Villiere (or Smith) example. But that’s obviously changed. Back to Beauden though, the real problem with the law (we can accept a YC as long as they are consistent) is that he could put his arm into that exact same position for ether action, tackle, or block, and the ref has no real way of knowing which. This extends to the development of certain ‘slapping’ tackle techniques, where a tacklers intent is mostly to stop the offload, and includes getting the arm in the path of the ball, whether still held by the attacker, or released by them. This action is no less illegal and deliberate in it’s intent than Ebens. It’s not even reactionary (not that you can be lenient in those situations) like Villieres. And it has the exact same effect on the game, whether its its clearly been passed to a team mate, or someone it’s trying to offload to a team mate, of removing skill/attacking play.


Actually another aspect of contention with the law is that it is now classed as foul play. It’s been referenced that in this weeks example the pass went forward, into Barrett, so his hand wasn’t even in the correct position to block a legitimate pass, but because they ruled his intent was to block it, now being “foul” play the forward pass is ignored. So you’ve got someone sent from the field blocking a pass that wasn’t even a pass.

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