Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025: Canada’s Sophie de Goede on facing New Zealand in semi-finals
In August 2000, Australia Lock John Eales nailed a late penalty kick to victory against New Zealand in Wellington and to protect Wallabies’s Bledisloe Cup.
The probability of imitating Eales’s feat and winning an important match against New Zealand was not always likely, but this may change in Bristol this Friday.
When Canada encounters New Zealand in the semi -finals of the female Rugby World Cup, the number four Sophie and the Goede of Four can be the player who decides to match.
Think of Jonny Wilkinson and Owen Farrell with his meticulous routines – Eales showed that he could have the necessary temperaments and technical skills forward.
“John Eales, someone I admire for winning a World Cup with Australia, dedi Goede said, when he asked BBC Sport, the possibility of winning the tournament as a scoring lock.
“They are definitely big shoes to try and follow.”
26-year-old Saracens forward is also a good kicker, this year’s World Cup so far 17 transformation nailed-en tournament.
“I know it doesn’t make sense for people, but I grew up playing half of the flies because both my families played rugby in Canada.” He said.
“I finally entered my body and proceeded.
I say, “I say ‘people’ too, and I love to watch you.”
Eales’s 13 -dimensional shoes are not the first big boots to take over Canada in the World Cups with both Stephanie and Hans.
He would imitate his parents by leading Canada in the last World Cup, and probably did it again, but in June 2024 he rejected the chance to play in the Olympic Sevens Tournament.
“My family would feel like there’s too much pressure if my family coaches me too much.” He said.
“They helped me find my own way in Rugby to find the player I was myself. I grew up playing half of the fly and they both returned.
“The place they really helped me in the leadership classes. They both seized Canada and learned a lot about how to interact with his teammates and to be a better leader and person.”
