Canada Beat England 31-22 in Ottawa for Second Straight Win Over the Red Roses

Canada beat England 31-22 in the WXV Global Series at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa on Friday, October 23, 2026. It was Canada's second win over England in a week, and it gave the Red Roses their first back-to-back defeats in a decade.

England opened the scoring. Maddie Feaunati crossed for a try in the opening 10 minutes, and Zoe Harrison added the conversion for a 7-0 lead. Canada answered before half time and went in ahead 12-7, a lead they never gave back.

The match was a rematch, played one week after the Toronto meeting between the same two teams. Canada won that game too, so England came to Ottawa looking to answer a defeat that had already ended their long unbeaten run, and instead left with a second straight loss.

How the match turned

Canada's tries came from Julia Omokhuale, Savannah Bauder and DaLeaka Menin, and captain Sophie de Goede scored two tries, according to The Canadian Press report carried by Sportsnet and the RugbyPass player ratings. Canada scored five tries in all, against three for England.

Harrison kicked the only penalty goal of the match in the 42nd minute. England's other tries came from Amy Cokayne and from Emma Sing, who crossed late in the game. Canada had built a 31-17 lead before Sing's try cut the final margin to nine points.

The result followed Canada's 24-21 win over England in Toronto the previous week. That Toronto win ended England's four year unbeaten run, which Sky Sports put at 41 matches. Sky Sports reported that England have now lost two matches in a row for the first time in a decade, and The Canadian Press said it was the first time England has lost two consecutive matches since 2016.

What the captains said

De Goede said she was "immensely proud and it's so special for us to do it on home soil, too," according to The Canadian Press.

England captain Megan Jones was quoted by The Times saying: "We probably didn't respond the way we wanted to." She added: "We're not broken, we just need to grow from here."

On the scoring record, the reports carried one disagreement. Sky Sports and SuperSport reported that de Goede completed a hat-trick and finished with a 21 point haul including three conversions. The Canadian Press and RugbyPass listed de Goede with two tries, with Omokhuale, Menin and Bauder completing Canada's five tries, which matches the five try total in the Sportradar match data. This article follows The Canadian Press and RugbyPass on the try scorers. The reports also gave different crowd figures, so no attendance number is printed here.

England close their WXV Global Series campaign against the USA in New Jersey on Friday, October 30, 2026.