Summary

  • Full-back Julia Schell scores sensational six tries in second half as second seeds Canada cruise to emphatic Pool B victory

  • Sophie de Goede helps Canada seal bonus-point try in first half

  • Scotland thrashed Wales 38-8 in opening Pool B match

Live Reporting

Elizabeth Botcherby

  1. Canada 53-7 Fiji

    Emma has come up with another stonking stat.

    The record for the most tries in a World Cup match belongs to Portia Woodman, who scored eight for New Zealand against Hong Kong in 2017.

  2. Canada 53-7 Fiji

    A lovely kick over the top from Alysha Corrigan, followed by an energetic chase, puts pressure on the Fiji defence and they concede the five-metre scrum.

    Uh oh...

  3. Sin-bin

    Canada 53-7 Fiji

    It just gets worse for Fiji.

    Substitute Bulou Vasuturaga received a yellow card for a dangerous hit. They'll be down to 14 pretty much until the final whistle.

  4. Breaking records in York

    Canada 53-7 Fiji

    Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    The look of the bench... almost in disbelief.

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    Try - Canada 53-7 Fiji

    Julia Schell

    Guess who?!

    Julia SchellGetty Images

  6. Canada 48-7 Fiji

    Fiji are pinged for not releasing and unsurprisingly, Alex Tessier whacks the ball into touch.

    Canada have a line-out on the right. Attack pending.

  7. Canada 48-7 Fiji

    Canada are preparing to take a line-out just inside their own half. Who has eyes on Julia Schell?

  8. Canada 48-7 Fiji

    Fiji cheaply give the ball away at a line-out again. It's not straight.

    Also, a little bit of housekeeping - the always busy Sophie de Goede has finally gone off for a well-earned rest, replaced by Karen Paquin.

    A try and four conversions to show for her day out in York - not bad at all!

  9. Canada 48-7 Fiji

    Moments before Julia Schell's latest effort, the lovely Emma to my right informed me that the Canadian had only scored three tries in her previous 25 caps. She now has seven in 26.

    That number might change again before the final whistle blows...

  10. Canada 48-7 Fiji

    Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    The second half she has come out and made the decision right I am going to score. What ever she had at half-time has had its impact.

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    Try - Canada 48-7 Fiji

    Julia Schell (con missed)

    JULIA SCHELL.

    Four tries in 11 minutes. The ball pops out of the scrum and is passed left to Schell, who bursts over the line. She is so hungry for scores.

    As I said, JULIA SCHELL.

    Julia Schell scoring a tryGetty Images

  12. Canada 43-7 Fiji

    Rupert Cox
    Rugby commentator

    You can't keep Schell out of the game at the minute.

  13. Canada 41-7 Fiji

    My, oh my. That was nearly a fourth try for Julia Schell. Bursting away from the scrum, she breaks down the left before playing a kick over the top.

    It's a foot race between Olivia Apps and the Fiji defender, and the latter just wins.

    However, Fiji fail to clear their lines and concede a scrum on their five-metre line.

  14. Canada 41-7 Fiji

    For all their flair and fun, the big frustration with Fiji is them not nailing the basics.

    Their latest line-out isn't straight, gifting Canada a scrum - an area they have dominated throughout the match.

  15. Canada 41-7 Fiji

    Crikey, you can hear some of these Fiji hits through the mics around the ground.

    Taylor Perry tries to get her side away from the crunching collisions with a cross-field kick but there's too much juice on it for Olivia Apps, who takes out an advertising board in her follow-through.

  16. Canada 41-7 Fiji

    Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    What a three minutes for Schell that she will never forget - a World Cup triple in a couple of minutes.

    SchellGetty Images
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    Converted try - Canada 43-7 Fiji

    Julia Schell (con de Goede)

    A hat-trick for Julia Schell in five minutes!

    Alysha Corrigan, bursting down the right wing, times her pass inside to perfection and Julia Schell strolls in for her third try of the evening.

    It's a challenging kick for Sophie de Goede, but this time she nails it.

    Canada's bench are on their feet.

    Julia Schell scoring third tryGetty Images

  18. Canada 36-7 Fiji

    Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    Nice to see Canada unleashing there backs and two in a couple of minutes for Schell is brilliant for her.

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    Try - Canada 36-7 Fiji

    Julia Schell (missed con)

    That's a lovely try from Canada!

    The ball is worked left to Julia Schell and she only has one thought in her mind: TRY. She swerves Litiana Vueti and goes for the corner, plopping the ball down with an outstretched left hand.

    Sophie de Goede's kick was... not good.

    Julia Schell scoring a second tryGetty Images

  20. Canada 31-7 Fiji

    Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    Well passed. You are always going to get scored against but it's how you react to that and Canada worked really hard here.