Candace Scholten scored two tries as the Canada Ravens reeled off 30 second-half points to defeat Ireland 36-6 Sunday and finish third at the IRL Women's Rugby League World Series. 

“I’m super proud of the group to bounce back from Tuesday’s disappointing loss and a lot of effort went into that game” said Canada Matty Barron. “Full credit to Ireland, they also had a game to turnaround as well after their loss on Tuesday and they came out to play. We had to work hard to break them down and I’m really pleased with the effort we put in. We’ll take a bit of a break now, but the Ravens will be much more active over the next 12 months as we seek to improve our ranking.”

Megan Pakulis, Eleta Mitton, Lauren Mueller and Grace Campbell also scored tries for Canada. Caitlin Sears and Maddy Aberg combined for six conversions.

Tricia Doyle had Ireland's lone try with Storm Cobain booting a conversion.

Tied 6-6 after an error-filled first half, Canada went ahead 12-6 early in the second, taking advantage of a turnover deep in the Ireland end after two Irish players collided trying to field a kick. Mitton scored on the ensuing Canadian set.

Scholten then broke three Irish tackles on a fine solo run up the middle for an 18-6 Canada lead before Mueller sprinted 40 metres down the sideline after an Irish turnover midway to make it 24-6 through the half.

Canada kept coming with tries from Campbell and Scholten.

Both teams threatened early in the game, only to see drives end in handling errors. But Canada went ahead 6-0 in the ninth minute with Pakulis breaking a tackle to score, capping off a set that featured a sparkling linebreak by fullback Petra Woods.

Ireland had several sets deep in Canada territory after Ravens miscues but the Canadian defence held on the first and Ireland fumbled the ball away on the second.

Ireland missed a penalty kick midway through the first half after Canada was penalized for a tip tackle. A string of Canada mistakes and penalties halted the home team's progress with the Irish finally taking advantage late in the half, pulling even at 6-6 after Doyle touched down a grubber kick.

“I think the World Series has given us a good gauge as to where we are globally” added Matt Kennerson. “We’re not ready for a World Cup, but its been good to be measured and we’ll go away and become better, improve on our skills and that includes myself. But its been an amazing experience, we’ve had a lot of laughs as well as some tears, we’ve made some new friends and we’ve had a fantastic 10 days in Canada.”