Canadian lock Tyson Beukeboom will become Canada's most-capped rugby player Saturday when she earns cap No. 81 against Scotland at the Rugby World Cup in England.

Former Canada captain Aaron Carpenter had 80 caps when he retired in 2018, at the age of 34, after a string of head injuries. Carpenter, a hard-charging back-row forward and hooker, broke World Rugby Hall of Famer Al Charron's Canadian caps record when he earned his 77th in a loss to Romania in June 2017.

The 34-year-old Beukeboom, a native of Uxbridge, Ont., who earned her first cap in July 2013 against England, is a hard-nosed second-row forward with 16 international tries to her credit.

“She brings the experience, she is amazing offensively and defensively and she brings a lot to the team on the field being quite violent on

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