Julia Schell needed just 22 minutes to score a remarkable six tries as Canada launched their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign with a 65-7 thrashing of Fiji in York on Saturday.

The full-back, who plays for London club Ealing Trailfinders in England's elite Premiership Women's Rugby, crossed six times from the 50th minute -- including a four-minute hat-trick.

Schell's haul was just two tries off the all-time record of eight, set by New Zealand's Portia Woodman-Wickliffe against Hong Kong in 2017.

Victory meant Canada, second in the world rankings, started the tournament in style, with Schell revealing afterwards it was a supporter in the crowd at the York Community Stadium in northern England who had given her the inspiration for a stunning return, saying: "A guy over there told me he wo

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