The Wallaroos are comfortable with the fact that they must create history if they are to advance at the World Cup.
The Australians are yet to beat the Canadians in their seven matches, with all of those defeats double-digits, including a 45-7 loss earlier in the year.
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However, the Wallaroos are accustomed to making history.
It was less than 12 months ago that the team claimed their first piece of silverware in WXV 2, taking down South Africa, Scotland and Wales, two of which have made the quarter-finals.
The quarter-finals have been a regular hurdle that have caused the Wallaroos to stumble in past campaigns, most recently going down 41-5 to England in 2022.
It’s a scenario the team are unfazed by after pushing top-ranked England all the way last week.
“I think obviously we put out a really strong performance in the first half against England and it's something we can really be proud of,” winger Maya Stewart said.
“So moving into this game against Canada, world number two, I think it'll be a similar mindset and we've been channelling that all week.
“…We probably haven't played our best footy yet and that excites me coming into this. It's a quarterfinal, we’re going to be up for it and we're excited to pull the trigger a bit more."
This World Cup could be the last chance a host of Wallaroos stars could have at the hallmark event.
The likes of Emily Chancellor (34), Tania Naden (33), Trilleen Pomare (32) and Ashley Marsters (31) have been staples at past World Cups.
However, the one big departure confirmed is coach Jo Yapp, who will stay in England after the event.
Yapp made the call during the Pacific Four series and has had an unbelievable effect on the squad in her two years as coach.
“For me I just look at this group and I hope they ultimately feel that my involvement has been a positive one and that we're in a better place now than we were when I started two years ago,” Yapp said.
“I think as a player you always say you want to leave the shirt in a better place and as a coach it's exactly the same.”
Lock Michaela Leonard spoke on the impact Yapp has had on the group with her unique leadership style.
"Jo's had a huge impact on the group over the last two years,” she said.
“I think coming in as the first female coach in this space and in an Australian team…I think she's brought a really compassionate way of leadership into our group, she's put a massive value on the connections that we develop, both as players and with staff as well.
“She’s brought out a way to have hard conversations but have them compassionately and kindly and still build trust and camaraderie within that.
“She’s had a massive impact on this group, not only in that sense but also the way that we play on the field the detail we look at in our training sessions, the fundamentals of our skills and I think I speak on behalf of a lot of us when we say that we'll definitely miss her at the end of this campaign.”
It’s that same confidence and compassion that is powering the belief that the eighth time is the charm.
“We have to go out, we have to front up like just as much as Canada have to front up against us and they're going to be looking at what we're going to throw so the confidence has come within and it's probably come from you know what what Jo has instilled as well and all the backroom staff and all the players,” assistant coach Chris Delooze added.
“This is something that we've looked forward to for a while, and the players have looked forward to it for even longer, but from a coaching staff as well, like we've looked forward to these moments for a long time, so confidence has to come from within.
“It's got really nothing to do with who's in front because they've got to front up as well.”
