Head coach Rouet , De Goede, Beukeboom, Hogan-Rochester, Perry (CAN)

Canada head coach Kevin Rouet, Sophie de Goede, Tyson Beukeboom, Asia Hogan-Rochester and Taylor Perry (CAN) looks ahead to their Pool B decider against Scotland at Sandy Park on Saturday.

Kevin Rouet, head coach (pictured)

On the first two games:
“I think we’ve had some good moments of rugby, nothing is perfect but that is the first few games. I hope creatively we can do a lot more against Scotland, but we will see. They are a very strong team; I think it will be a different battle.”

On their number two world ranking:
“First you have to have very good rugby players which we have, we also have very athletic people coming from the university teams, they sometimes don’t have the knowledge of rugby, but they are willing to learn and work very hard. I’m French so when I moved to Canada, I can see a big difference in terms of the willingness to work very hard and not complaining which is something I think represents Canada rugby. They know we aren’t the most well-resourced team, but they move on very quickly and work hard on the field, so I think that is something I’m very proud to say because I know how they are. We always try to play positive rugby, try to play with each other and enjoy the time. They have all gone through university so they have made a choice to be here, if they stop playing rugby, they could easily be very rich.”

On why they would want to play England as late as possible:
“It's always a same, like they are the best team in the world, no matter what we believe we are. So we wanted to meet them as late as we can, but if we meet them in quarter-final, we are going to be ready and it's going to be a good game. So first, we want to finish first, but they also have to win a game against Australia to finish first, and you never know what could happen.”

Sophie de Goede

On her Mastercard Player of the Match performance against Wales:
“I'm proud for sure, but more proud of the overall team play. I'm going back into the player that I want to be since coming back from injury, but the team has been rolling for a while now. So I'm happy with the way I've been able to integrate into the team and be a value add rather than be disruptive.”

On qualification to the knockout stages:
“I'm happy that we did the job well in the first two games, so we've done two thirds of what we've set out to do in pool play. Scotland is the highest-ranked team that we will be playing. They've won their first two games. But the goal coming in here was to win all three pool games, so there's no sense of relief.”

On transitioning from fly-half to being a forward:
"My parents were both rugby people and there there's less of those kids in Canada that grew up with an understanding of the game. I started playing mostly fly half then when I was 16, 17 got moved into the forwards. I'd done 10 years of fly-half, and love kicking and so I just kept at it, and I had a few coaches that were like, why are you still practising this? 
It's a nice thing go out on a Sunday morning and kick; it's kind of cathartic."

Tyson Beukeboom

On the potential pressure off being world number two:
“We're here to prove we are where we deserve to be. We're pushing for more and want to be number one. I'm not sure it's attainable at this point, but that's the goal, then at the end of this World Cup come out on top.”

On the progression of women’s rugby since her debut World Cup in 2014:
“Each one's gotten better and better. 2014 was crazy, bigger than anyone expected. Everyone, I think, was shocked by how many people were so invested in those games. The final was crazy, packed stadium. So I think that really started to drive home how big women's rugby was getting, and it's grown since then.

"All of the stadiums here have been sold out as well. People want to see women's rugby and I'm excited to see how much bigger it gets.”

On being Canada's most capped women's player:
“It's an honour to be able to represent my country at all, let alone more than anyone else. I just came from another interview and I started getting emotional in that. It's so exciting to be here at World Cup, get that milestone, and then be able to celebrate it with all my favourite people.”

Asia Hogan-Rochester

On her World Cup debut:
“To be honest, I feel like I did leave a little bit out there. It was my first game since being injured in New Zealand but scoring that try just made me super happy.

On playing at her first World Cup:
“It was a lot of fun. I just love playing rugby and whether it was at a World Cup match or a club game at home, I just love scoring five points. It was probably one of my favourite tries I've ever scored."

Taylor Perry

On how finishing second at the Olympics last year motivates her for this tournament:
“It does give a fire in our bellies and there's a big chunk of us here that were fortunate enough to be in Paris winning a silver or being in that final match. But that's not what's fuelling the team. We have a large group here that's working towards something a lot bigger.”