Canada's national women's rugby team will face the United States for fifth place overall at the Rugby World Cup in England Sunday.

Canada put its recent loss to France in pool play behind it and tagged Scotland with an emphatic defeat, winning 41-0 Tuesday.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club flyhalf Anna Schnell booted 11 points for the Canadians, including four conversions and one penalth goal.

Winger and team vice captain Maria Gallo, one of five Burnaby Lake players on the women's national squad, also scored one of the team's six tries against the Scots.

Starting prop forward Corinne Jacobsen and scrum half Julia Sugawara, and forward Kim Donaldson are also Burnaby Lake products.

Last Saturday, Canada dropped a 23-8 encounter to the third-seeded French XV, losing its fourth-place standing at the rugby women's World Cup in England.

Despite the loss, Canada was still in contention for a spot in the semifinals as the next best team to come out of pool play, until Australia overwhelmed South Africa 62-0 later in the day in its final fixture to steal the final spot.

The Aussies needed to win by 56 points or better to eliminate Canada from championship play.

"It's like anything in sport; it doesn't matter if you're a player or a head coach, you live by it and you die by it. We had set a plan in place and picked players based on that plan, but it just didn't come to fruition today. But tomorrow we get everyone together, regroup and move forward," said Canada head coach John Long in a International Rugby Board press release.

Canada finished fourth at the last three World Cups, beginning in 1998.

Three-time defending champion New Zealand will face England in final Sunday.