BRISTOL, England : Canada ran in five tries in a first-half onslaught as they beat a spirited but outclassed Australia 46-5 to reach the Women's World Cup semi-finals on Saturday and tee up a clash with New Zealand.

Defensively solid when they needed to be, Canada's rampaging runners were too much for the Australians in a devastating opening 40 minutes that set up a second-half canter at Ashton Gate.

Alysha Corrigan went over twice, while Asia Hogan-Rochester, Sophie de Goede and McKinley Hunt also crossed before the break while Fabiola Forteza and Karen Paquin added further tries after the interval to wrap up a comfortable victory.

Four conversions from De Goede, in a player-of-the-match display, and a late Alex Tessier penalty wrapped up the scoring for Canada, while Desiree Miller's

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