Victoria’s Sophie de Goede has already been nominated for World Rugby Player of the Year, and now she’s captaining Canada into the Rugby World Cup final, the biggest game in the program’s history.

The 25-year-old sat down with the BBC this week ahead of Saturday’s showdown, smiling through the spotlight ahead of what could be a career-defining moment.

“To do it in what has been the biggest Women’s World Cup ever is incredible,” de Goede said.

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Rugby Canada’s program director Gareth Rees says praise of de Goede is coming from everywhere, including the upper echelons of rugby.

“I was with Dan Carter, he’s one of the greatest fly halfs to ever play the game, the legendary New Zealand All Black, and all he could do was talk about Sophie,” Rees told CHEK.

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