Carolyn McEwen and Demi Stamatakis have every right to wear a grin, as they play rugby this weekend where wearing of green is in fashion.
The Burnaby pair will be representing Canada in the national women’s rugby team’s tour stop in Ireland, which starts with a game against the host Irish on Saturday.
McEwen, a prop with the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, and Stamatakis, a forward with the Simon Fraser University rugby club, were among 23 players listed for the opening game of a three-game tour on the United Kingdom. McEwen is slated to be one of the team’s front-row starters.
Canada enters the tour ranked No. 3 in the world, thanks to a stellar 3-0 performance at the Women’s Rugby Super Series last July. Canada will also play New Zealand next Wednesday, and head across the channel to play England on Nov. 26.
