Red Roses want to use back-to-back losses to Canada as 'learning opportunity' — SkimNews
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- Canada won 31-22 in Ottawa to complete back-to-back wins over England in the WXV Global Series, following a 24-21 victory over the Red Roses in Toronto.
- England's successive defeats to Canada were their first back-to-back losses in a decade and ended a 41-game winning streak and four-year unbeaten run; their series had opened with a 48-15 win over Australia, a draw with Canada and a win over New Zealand.
- Emma Sing treats the run as a learning opportunity, saying losses allow the "honest conversations" that might not have been answered while England were winning, and points to a young squad with new players, especially in the forwards, with the 2029 Rugby World Cup in Australia as the goal.
- USA await England in the Global Series finale on October 30, with Sing saying England have analysed opponents who have played fellow Six Nations opposition and want the match to expose and fix "kinks in attack".
- Six Nations is six months away, and Sing describes the USA match as the first building block towards it, arguing that implementing changes now will leave England better placed when the tournament arrives.
- Sing acknowledges the streak is gone for good, saying "we were never going to keep winning forever" and that the defeats give a young side room to regroup and set a target for the 2029 World Cup.
Why it matters: England's 41-game winning streak and four-year unbeaten run are gone, but Sing is banking on those losses to force attacking and selection changes with Six Nations six months away. The October 30 USA match becomes the first live test of a rebuilt side built around new forwards, with the 2029 World Cup in Australia as the longer benchmark.
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