Last-gasp try beats Canada
England No.8 Georgia Stevens scored an injury-time try to give her side a 21-18 victory over Canada in the Final of the Women's Churchill Cup at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver on Saturday.
Canada were leading 18-16 when the England pack shoved the Canadians back over their line and Stevens scored.
England scored first when Shelley Rae kicked a penalty after four minutes. Canada's Kelly McCallum equalised and then put her side ahead with another. But just before half-time Emily Cooke managed to score for England to make the score 8-6.
Canada attacked from deep inside their own half and Maria Gallo sent Colette McCauley away on the half-way line. She outsprinted the England defence to score - 13-8 to Canada.
England levelled the scores when Sam Buckingham scored from a rolling maul.
Gallo was again instrumental in Canada's next score when she sent Christie Thompson over. 18-13 to Canada. A penalty by Rae made it 18-16 and put England in a position to win.
The scorers:
For Canada:
Tries: McAuley, Thompson
Pens: McCallum 2
Con: McCallum
For England:
Tries: Cooke, Buckingham, Stevens
Pens: Rae 2
The teams:
Canada: C Thompson, J Foster, M Gallo, S Ulmer, C McAuley, K McCallum, E Dance (captain) L Cripps, R Eldridge, H McDonald (S Turner (Saracens), D Goulet, A Chintoh, H Jaques, G Florence, M MacMahon.
England: C Diver (P George), N Crawford, L Knowles, A De Biase (K Andrew), E Cooke, S Rae, J Yapp (S Appleby), S Whitehead, A Garnett (V Huxford), J Sutton, C Green, G Stevens, H Flippance (S Buckingham), C Frost (captain, A Pilkington).
Referee: Kevin McCaslin (USA)
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