Canada’s Alysha Corrigan hopes the knowledge she gained competing in front of a partisan home crowd at last year’s Paris Olympics will serve her well in a Women’s Rugby World Cup final against tournament hosts and favourites England at Twickenham on Saturday.

The wing was involved in the Maple Leafs’ march to Olympic Sevens silver at the 2024 Games, with the team defeating France in front of some 66,000 fans before losing to New Zealand in the final — a game where Corrigan scored a try.

Saturday’s match, however, is set to take place in front of over 82,000 spectators at the sold-out home of English rugby union, thereby setting a new world record for an attendance at a women’s 15-a-side match by surpassing the 58,498 who watched England beat France at Twickenham during the 2023 Six Natio

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