SUVA, Fiji — Tyson Beukeboom celebrated her 50th cap with a try off the bench Friday as Canada defeated Fiji 24\u002D7 Friday in its final test match ahead of next…
Cousins Matt and Brett Beukeboom have both played rugby for Canada, with Brett serving as co-captain, while her other two cousins are on the national women’s water polo team. Her mother was a track athlete, her brother a hockey player and her father, Jeff Beukeboom, played 13 seasons in the NHL for the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers, winning four Stanley Cup .Article content
The third-ranked Canadians are en route to New Zealand, where they open Pool B play against No. 13 Japan on Oct. 9 before facing No. 5 Italy and the sixth-ranked U.S. It will be the third World Cup for Beukeboom, a 31-year-old lock forward. Fiji, ranked 21st in the world, is in Pool C with top-ranked England, No. 4 France and No. 11 South Africa.
Fiji is 3-3-0 in test matches this year, also losing to No. 13 Japan and No. 7 Australia . Its three victories include a 152-0 shellacking of No. 49 Papua New Guinea in the Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship in July in New Zealand, the highest-ever score in a women’s test match. The 12-team World Cup, which runs through Nov. 2 in Auckland and Whangarei, was originally scheduled for 2021 but was postponed due to the pandemic.
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