Overview
- Canada head coach Kévin Rouet makes five changes from the Fiji win, including starts for McKinley Hunt and Emily Tuttosi in the front row and a recall for flanker Karen Paquin.
- Veteran lock Tyson Beukeboom starts and is set to win her 80th cap, tying Aaron Carpenter as Canada’s most-capped rugby international.
- Wales head coach Sean Lynn makes seven changes after the Scotland loss, with flanker Bethan Lewis captaining on her 60th cap following injuries to co-captains Alex Callender and Kate Williams.
- Back-rower Branwen Metcalfe is named on the Wales bench and could make her senior Test debut.
- The Pool B fixture is scheduled at Salford Community Stadium as the first kick-off of round two after Canada beat Fiji 65-7 and Wales fell 38-8 to Scotland.