Wallaroos’ Achilles heel brutally uncovered as Canada put Yapp’s facet to the sword actually test

The Wallaroos have copped a truth 3 months out from the ladies’s World Cup, dropping to Canada 45-7 in Brisbane on Friday evening.

After beating america in Canberra ultimate weekend and suffering towards a sloppy Black Ferns facet every week previous, the arena quantity two facet uncovered the Wallaroos’ Achilles heel.

Jo Yapp’s facet misplaced seven lineouts and two scrums, whilst they had been additionally mauled to demise by means of a well-drilled Canadian outfit that ran in seven tries.

The Canadians led 26-0 at half-time, prior to Wallaroos winger Desiree Miller were given the house facet at the scoreboard after operating a pleasing line at the inside Georgina Friedrichs prior to pumping the legs and scoring.

But the guests scored every other 3 unanswered tries to blow away the Wallaroos.

“Canada were really physical, set-piece was really challenging and we know we’ve got to step up moving forward,” Wallaroos captain and blindside flanker Siokapesi Palu mentioned.

Canadian captain Alex Tessier, who was once deadly for the guests within the midfield and crossed the tryline in the second one 1/2, mentioned she was once delighted that they put away Australia after drawing with the Black Ferns 27-all ultimate weekend.

“Obviously, the focus this week was on us. We would have liked the win last week, but we had to move on quickly,” she mentioned.

“I’m very proud of the girls, it was a decent win, we put a lot of points on the board and I think we controlled what we needed to control.”