Rugby

VANCOUVER — Sitting on the sidelines hasn't been easy for Sophie de Goede.

Canada has climbed into second place in World Rugby's women's rankings, thanks to its 46-24 weekend win over No. 4 France at the WXV tournament.

VANCOUVER — Canada's women's rugby team has its sights firmly set on the future, even as it gets the rare opportunity to compete on home soil.

VANCOUVER — Tyson Beukeboom doesn't remember exactly where she was the moment her friends won Olympic silver at the Paris Games this summer. All she remembers is what it felt like to watch the women's rugby sevens squad climb onto the podium.

Veterans Tyson Beukeboom and Karen Paquin will lead Canada at the WXV 1 women's rugby tournament starting later this month in the Vancouver area.

TOKYO (AP) — Fiji stretched its Pacific Nations Cup rugby defense to the final after topping the United States by a hard-fought 22-3 on Saturday. The U.S.

TOKYO — Tonga ran in three first-half tries and relied on some stingy second-half defence to defeat Canada 30-17 in the fifth-place match Saturday at the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament.

The Canadian men's rugby team is headed to Europe in November to play Chile and Romania in Bucharest. Canada, currently ranked 22nd in the world, will face No. 21 Chile on Nov. 9 and No. 20 Romania on Nov. 16.

Canada's rugby test against Tonga on Saturday in Tokyo comes with a modest prize — fifth place at the six-team Pacific Nations Cup. But next year, such a game could mean World Cup qualification.

PARIS (AP) — South Africa captain Siya Kolisi says he feels like he is “stealing" from Racing 92 after deciding to leave the Top 14 club two years before the end of his contract in a bid to prolong his international career.