For a player who started the last World Cup final, this was not a first audition by any means, but in victory over Italy Meg Jones served a most pleasing reminder of her feature-length credentials after starring on the smaller screen. It feels peculiar to talk of this as an opportunity seized given Jones’ extensive
As Louise McMillan tumbled beneath the rumble in a desperate attempt to prevent England’s maul crossing for a third time, it would have been easy to view Scotland’s performance through a prism of negativity. The awarding of a penalty try took the Red Roses beyond 50 points; McMillan’s resultant yellow card the third time a
It was the Saturday that the Red Roses were made to roar. As the lead swelled to thirteen, and in the face of a fine French performance, perhaps the best the visitors have produced in a good while, England were staring down the barrel of a first defeat to France in their last seven games,
If ever there was an occasion for a performance like this, then this was it for England. Again on the BBC, at the home of English rugby and against a side they will encounter in the group stages at next year’s World Cup, the Red Roses produced a magnificent comeback to stun familiar foes France
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