OTTAWA - According to The Guardian, Canada beat England 31-22 in Ottawa in a WXV rugby union match, handing the Red Roses their second consecutive defeat. The Guardian's summary said the loss was England's third in its past 74 matches.
The Guardian's headline described the pair of defeats as England's first back-to-back losses in a decade, and the summary said the Ottawa result was England's first consecutive loss in a decade. The summary refers to a result from last Friday that broke England's unbeaten run, but it does not name the opponent or give the score of that earlier game.
The summary is not fully clear on the sequence. Its opening line gives 31-22 as the Ottawa score, while a later sentence describes a 31-22 Canada win in last Friday's game that ended England's unbeaten run. The summary does not separate the two matches, so the exact order of the results cannot be confirmed from it alone.
The Guardian's summary said the result sends a "formidable message" to the rest of world rugby. It also said some may view it as too early to call. The summary ends mid-sentence, so the rest of that reasoning is not available in the material provided.
The Guardian's summary credits Sarah Rendell as the author of the report. The summary does not include scoring details or comments from either team. The full match report, headlined "Red Roses suffer back-to-back defeats for first time in a decade as Canada make statement," is available from The Guardian's match report.