Canada head coach Kevin Rouet: “I told them at half-time we are too Canadian – we are nice people.
“Where we do 80m and when we have to finish the last 10cm, we forget to do the job.
“We could have scored more in the first half to put the game away and we let Australia potentially believe in the second half, but after that we just managed the game, so yes, I was quite pleased with the performance.”
On Friday’s semi-final against New Zealand: “It’s going to be a fun and exciting game on both sides. You have two teams who want to play so I think it’s good to see that.
“I just hope it is a good 80 minutes of rugby, for sure I want to win in the end, but I want to show a good brand of rugby in front of everyone.”
Australia head coach Jo Yapp: “We knew if we gave them time and allowed them to quick ball, they are a really dangerous side and that showed in the first half. They were able to get in behind us and get their offloading game away and it becomes really challenging.”
Australia captain Siokapesi Palu: “Today we saw how fast Canada can play and their athleticism and how they were able to just run through us.
“The one thing that contributes to that athleticism is they get to train more often in high-intensity environments and programmes and so they get the consistency and luxury of that, whereas we don’t.
“We need continuity, we need to be able to become full-time.
“We’re looking at a group of players who are young mums who are balancing, looking after their kids. People are working full-time, working nine-to-five, then having to back it up with back-to-back trainings until 9pm.
“And then having to repeat that the next day. I know it sounds like a cliche, but we do need to be invested in so that we can produce good rugby.”