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Eagle Women Set for Canada

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Eagle Women Set for Canada

An experienced 7s player, Jane Paar (at the bottom of this tackle) captain the USA 15s team in her second test match. Ian Muir photo.

CALGARY, Alb. – USA center Jane Paar will captain the USA Women's National 15s Team against Canada Wednesday, just a few days after earning her first USA cap.

The US Naval Academy graduate and Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, Paar is in the USA 7s team training squad at the Olympic Training Center. She leads a USA team hoping to bounce back from a 39-13 loss to England in the opening game of the four-team Super Series in Alberta.

Head Coach Pete Steinberg has replaced four starters from that game againt England. with Catherine Benson replacing Sarah Chobot at prop, Molly Kinsella coming in for Alycia Washington at lock, Joanna Kitlinski coming in for Laura Miller at blindside flanker, and center Jennifer Sever sitting out, with Kimberly Rozier moving from flyhalf to center, and Lauren Rhode getting the #10 jersey.

The Eagles will have a tough game against a hard-nosed Canada team that battled New Zealand in a 40-22 defeat. Steinberg said in an interview with USA Rugby that he wanted to see more consistency on defense from his Eagles, and warned that Canada will come to play.

Meanwhile, Canada has also made changes. Head coach Francois Ratier also made four adjustments, with Cindy Nelles replacing Jacey Murphy at No. 8, Lori Josephson in for Chelsea Guthrie, and wings Natasha Smith and Brittany Waters stepping aside for Lisa Gauthier and Katie McNally.

The USA v Canada game kicks off at 8:30pm ET, 5:30pm PT today, Wednesday, July 1 at the Red Deer Rugby Club in Red Deer, Alb. It is also Canada Day.

The live stream is here: www.livestream.com/rugbycanadaofficial

Women Super Series 2015 W L T Pf Pa Pd BT BL Pts
England 1 0 0 39 13 26 1 0 5
New Zealand 1 0 0 40 22 18 1 0 5
Canada 0 1 0 22 40 -18 1 0 1
USA 0 1 0 13 39 -26 0 0 0

 

 

Women's Eagles | v. Canada
1. Catherine Benson
2. Kathryn Augustyn
3. Hope Rogers
4. Stacey Bridges
5. Molly Kinsella
6. Joanna Kitlinski
7. Elizabeth Cairns
8. Jordan Gray
9. Deven Owsiany
10. Lauren Rhode
11. Cheta Emba
12. Kimberly Rozier
13. Jane Paar (C)
14. Kelsi Stockert
15. Jessica Wooden

Women's Eagles | Reserves
16. Samantha Pankey
17. Baylee Annis
18. Tiffany Faaee
19. Alycia Washington
20. Sara Parsons
21. Jennifer Lui
22. Nicole Heavirland
23. Bianca Dalal

Canada | v. USA
1. Laura Russell (C)
2. Mary-Jane Kirby
3. Olivia DeMerchant
4. Tyson Beukeboom
5. Maria Samson
6. Barbara Mervin
7. Latoya Blackwood
8. Cindy Nelles
9. Lori Josephson
10. Alex Tessier
11. Lisa Gauthier
12. Andrew Burk
13. Amanda Thornborough
14. Katie McNally
15. Julianne Zussman

Canada | Reserves
16. Tiffany Picketts
17. Julia Folk
18. DaLeaka Menin
19. Camille Provencal-Aube
20. Jacey Murphy
21. Gillian Allen
22. Jess Neilson
23. Natasha Smith