Canada’s named its roster for Wednesday’s World Cup fifth-place semifinal against Scotland. Canada trounced Scotland 37-10 in the opening match of pool play, but the circumstances are entirely different coming into this game. By losing their last pool match to third-ranked France, the Canadians left the door open for Australia to score its way into the semifinals instead of themselves.

Gillian Florence, appearing in her fifth World Cup, knows the difficulty of having to rebound from a difficult loss and perform a few days later, but says Canada has taken stock of where they are and are very realistic about what they need to do. “We have to move on. We have no choice,” she said. “A lesser team would crumble even more and we’re determined not to do that.”

Scotland had the same results as Canada against the same opponents, but have been improving with every match. The two teams are in contrasting mindsets; Canada was hoping for a top-three finish while Scotland was aiming to be exactly where it is.
The two teams are battling to finish anywhere from fifth to eighth place, an IRB ranking that will stay with them until the next World Cup in 2014.

In an interview with the Scottish Rugby Union website, Scotland Head Coach Gary Parker said his squad’s chances against Canada rest on its performance in the first 20 minutes.