- Hosts hammer five past battling England in Six Nations Tournament
- Coach Craig Keegan proud of his team, despite defeat
- Germany next for England Under-23s in match number three on Wednesday
ENGLAND Under-23 Women lost out to hosts The Netherlands in their second match of the Six Nations Tournament in Breda on Tuesday evening.
Despite displaying great commitment and work rate, the Dutch were too strong for England and took their chances superbly. It took The Netherlands just four minutes to open their account with Kiki Van Wijk scoring from open play, and Pleun Van Der Plas doubled their advantage on 23 minutes, again from open play.
Their third goal came on 32 minutes from a penalty corner scored by Frederique Matla, and she popped up again to score on 60 and 65 minutes, both from open play, to seal England’s fate.
“It was a tough game tonight against hosts The Netherlands,” said Head Coach Craig Keegan. “They certainly deserved the victory, however I was very proud of the way we continued to compete until the very end. Our focus now shifts on to tomorrow’s opponents Germany. Looking at the bigger picture the Volvo Six Nations is a tournament that delivers in a number of development areas. Playing against the best teams from Europe as well as China, New Zealand and India is great, as they are nations we don’t get to play at Under-23 level very often.”
England (0) 0
The Netherlands (3) 5
Kiki Van Wijk 4 (FG)
Pleun Van Der Plas 23 (FG)
Frederique Matla 32 60 65 (PC, FG, FG)
England Under-23 Women take on Germany on Wednesday, 22 July, at 4pm (GMT).
| Date/time | Fixture | Result | |||
| Sunday 19 July 2015 | |||||
| 13:00 | Netherlands | India | 1-0 | ||
| 15:15 | England | New Zealand | 2-2 | ||
| 17:00 | Germany | China | 1-3 | ||
| Tuesday, 21 July 2015 | |||||
| 17:15 | India | Germany | 4-4 | ||
| 19:00 | New Zealand | China | 2-1 | ||
| 19:15 | England | Netherlands | 0-5 | ||
| Wednesday, 22 July 2015 | |||||
| 17:00 | England | Germany | |||
| 17:15 | Netherlands | New Zealand | |||
| 19:00 | India | China | |||
| Friday, 24 July 2015 | |||||
| 13:15 | England | China | |||
| 15:15 | India | New Zealand | |||
| 17:15 | Germany | Netherlands | |||
| Saturday, 25 July 2015 | |||||
| 13:15 | India | England | |||
| 15:30 | Netherlands | China | |||
| 17:45 | New Zealand | Germany | |||
| Sunday, 26 July 2015 | |||||
| 11:15 | |||||
| 13:00 | |||||
| 13:30 | |||||
England U23 Women’s Squad
| 1 | Amy | Tennant |
| 2 | Francis | Taylor |
| 3 | Laura | Bevan |
| 4 | Juliette | Inverdale |
| 5 | Kim | Leiper |
| 6 | Lydia | Macdonell |
| 7 | Alicia | Caillard |
| 8 | Hayley | Turner |
| 9 | Rebecca | Van Berkel |
| 10 | Hannah | Martin |
| 11 | Suzannah | Petty |
| 12 | Olivia | Paige |
| 13 | Eleanor | Rayer |
| 14 | Philippa | Lewis |
| 15 | Mollie | Rawnsley |
| 16 | Josephine | Blunt |
| 17 | Megan | Crowson |
| 19 | Kate | Holmes |
