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
Julia Schell (con de Goede)
What a response from Canada. They had numbers down the right flank and the smiling Julia Schell dots down.
Sophie de Goede converts - seriously, is she ever out of the action?
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Well, that Fiji try has certainly shaken things up.
Instead of playing a clearing kick, Fiji try and play their way out from behind their five-metre line. They're under the pump until Canada are pinged for offside.
However, the respite is brief as Fiji's kick fail to find touch and Alex Tessier sends her troops forward again.
Canada 24-7 Fiji
More changes all round.
Tiana Robanakadavu and Manuqalo Komaitai make way for Fiji, with Vika Mataruga and Karalaini Naisewa coming on.
McKinley Hunt and Emily Tuttosi are introduced for Canada in place of Brittany Kassil and try-scorer Gillian Boag.
Canada 24-7 Fiji
Everyone in York is supporting Fiji!
Chants of "Let's go Canada, let's go!" are being completely drowned out by "Fiji! Fiji! Fiji!"
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Fancy Bermudez' day is over. The Canada winger is replaced by Olivia Apps. Hopefully, her injury isn't too severe.
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Kat Merchant
2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer
An absolute beauty of a try, that started in Fiji's own 22. We have finally seen a glimpse of what they can do.
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Rupert Cox
Rugby commentator
Oh its glorious! What a try!
Kolora Lomani (con Litiana Vueti)
Wow. Wow. Wow.
The commentators called for more flair from Fiji in the second half and wow, they have delivered.
A risky cross-kick inside their own 22 is gathered by a sprawling Repeka Tove, the ball is recycled right, and Josifini Neihamu bursts forward before unleashing captain Alfreda Fisher. She breaks through the last threads of Canada's defence before handing the ball over to substitute Kolora Lomani for the most wildly celebrated try of the day!
Litiana Vueti converts.
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During this pause, let's catch up on a Fiji interchange.
Ilisapeci Delaiwau has been replaced by Kolora Lomani at the break.
Canada 24-0 Fiji
Kat Merchant
2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer
The physicality of some of these hits are really coming through the ref mic. There is going to be some sore bodies tomorrow.
Canada 24-0 Fiji
Fancy Bermudez is determined to get on the scoresheet. Not even sixty seconds into the second period and she's already charging down the left wing.
Fiji will have their hands full keeping her quiet for another 40 minutes.
However, as I type that, she is limping heavily and receiving treatment from a member of Canada's backroom team.
Canada 24-0 Fiji
Canada's Alex Tessier gets the second half under way with a deep kick. They've scored four tries and lead 24-0.
HT: Canada 24-0 Fiji
The players are back out at the York Community Stadium.
HT: Canada 24-0 Fiji
Will Fiji get themselves on the scoreboard in the second half?
It feels like Litiana Vueti, Josifini Neihamu - who's scored five tries in three matches in a Fiji shirt - and Manuqalo Komaitai are the most likely candidates to create a piece of magic.
HT: Canada 24-0 Fiji
Here's a reminder of what's happened on this blockbuster day of women's rugby as the World Cup gets into full swing:
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Earlier in Pool B, Scotland got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start, beating Wales 38-8.
Francesca McGhie scored a hat-trick, with Leia Brebner-Holden, Evie Gallagher, and Emma Orr also crossing the line.
Alex Callender's try had kept Wales in touch in the first half, but after that it was all about the team in blue as they recorded a record 30-point winning margin against their fellow Celts.
You can read Ceri Coleman-Phillips' report from Salford here.
HT: Canada 24-0 Fiji
Fiji made 80 tackles to Canada's 37 in the first half. Wow.
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Dominant is the word to describe Canada's first half performance.
Sophie de Goede, Gillian Boag, Caroline Crossley, and Alysha Corrigan have all crossed the tryline, with de Goede adding two conversions.
And despite having a player advantage with Taylor Perry in the sin-bin, Fiji couldn't take advantage.
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Well, that's all for the first 40 minutes.
Canada are flying - they have four tries and a bonus point in the bag.
Canada 24-0 Fiji
Ohhhh, Litiana Vueti's kick is charged down and Fiji are hemmed back onto their own line. Nothing is going their way in York.
Spare a though for Vueti - she's put a shift in.
