Consider Sophie de Goede back.

De Goede was at the heart of Canada's sweep through the pool stage of the Women's Rugby World Cup and became the team's all-time leading point-scorer .

Then, 15 months after a torn ACL, she gave a tour de force in the first 20 minutes of the quarterfinal against Australia on Saturday, captivating a bumper Bristol crowd.

There were a couple of galloping runs into open grass, and visionary links in tries by wingers Asia Hogan-Rochester and Alysha Corrigan. Her own opportunistic try was a swift-thinking pick-up at a try-line ruck. Add her conversion from the sideline for Corrigan's second try and Canada was out of sight of Australia at 24-5 with the first quarter barely over.

Canada eventually won 46-5, and de Goede's 66-minute shift earned her a sec

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