Coach says Canadian women are on the rise ahead of Rugby World Cup in New Zealand
Canada coach Kevin Rouet has named his 32-woman roster for the Rugby World Cup this fall, a team he expects will show improvements each time out at the 12-country tournament in New Zealand.
While the fourth-ranked Canadian women have spent the better part of the last two months together, other top teams like No. 1 England, No. 2 New Zealand and No. 3 France consistently spend time together. Rouet says that means his squad has potential to grow.
“I said to the girls (that) we will improve more than all those teams,” said Rouet, a France native who now calls Quebec City home. “Because we don’t get the chance to be together. We just need to be confident that every time we get a chance, day by day, we improve more than they could … We are going to slowly close the gap.”
Rouet says his team proved that this summer.