World News – GB – England win Six Nations Women’s Grand Slam with resounding victory in Italy

After half an hour at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma, it was clear that England’s encounter with Italy was turning into a victory march to Grand Slam It wasn’t just that the Red Roses had scored three out of eight possible tries, the number of tackles told the story vividly The Azzurre had to put 70 against just 17 from England in the first 30 minutes

A dynamic start saw full-back Ellie Kildunne, in her first international game against the XVs after being fired from the seven-a-side program, crushed for a try after four minutes. Full-backs Poppy Cleall and world player Emily Scarratt title of the year, then followed with pre-half hour tries – the latter making a meteoric run through the Italian defense

A second consecutive Grand Slam shows professionalism works well for the English But the glaring shortcomings are not good for the viability of the game, especially as the organizers of the Six Nations are still looking for a sponsor in title for the women’s tournament In five matches England have conceded just 20 points and this victory over Italy was the third where Simon Middleton’s side did not concede a single point, with Scotland and Ireland also remaining without any goal A fantastic achievement for English women’s rugby, but Middleton is well aware of how a more level playing field would make the game more attractive

« It would be fantastic if all the other unions could do what we’re doing It’s really a challenge for us, we’ve made a real statement of where we see women’s football, » he said declared “It’s a priority for us as an organization We would love to have a Saturday like yesterday where you have three teams for the Six Nations Championship We would love to have that but we can only handle the cards that are handed out to us , unfortunately « 

Despite the biased nature of the Women’s Six Nations – the victory over Italy has been an important scorer for England – not only as they seek to take the World Cup back into the hands of the holders and hosts of the New Zealand next year, but also due to the fact that they the only women’s team to complete all of their matches France v Ireland and Wales v Scotland were called off before the weekend due to ‘a Covid-19 epidemic in the French camp Scotland and Italy will also meet in December

Second row and player of the match Abbie Ward sealed the bonus point with a try just before the gap The 27-year-old, who didn’t think she could make it to England’s 2020 Six Nations campaign in due to a long-term injury, was relieved that she and her teammates could finish all of their matches “It was very surreal, I didn’t think I would have had the chance to get involved Hats off to everyone behind the scenes to finish It was a very emotional day The pressure was great for us to finish the Six Nations and that we finish them on our terms, ”she said

After about twenty minutes into the interval, the bench showed England’s strength and depth The score was completed by prop Sarah Bern, winger Jess Breach and flanker Marlie Packer

Score: 0-5 Kildunne’s try, 0-7 Scarratt with; 0-12 Cleall try, 0-14 Scarratt con; 0-19 Scarratt try, 0-21 Scarratt con; 0-26 Ward try, 0-28 against Scarratt; 0-33 Berne test, 0-35 Scarratt con; 0-40 violation test; 0-45 L Riley try, 0-47 Harrison with; 0-52 Packer try, 0-54 Harrison with

Italy: M Furlan (V Ostuni Minuzzi 53), M Magatti, M Sillari, B Rigoni, S Stefan, V Madia (B Mancini 73), S Barattin (A Muzzo 60); S Turani (E Skofca 60), M Bettoni (G Cerato 77), L Gai, V Fedrighi (S Tounesi 28-38, 60), G Duca (M Merlo 79), F Sgorbini, G Franco, E Giordano

England: E Kildunne, J Breach, E Scarratt (Z Harrison 61), A Reed, A Dow, K Daley-Mclean (H Rowland 60), C MacDonald (L Riley 61); V Cornborough (D Harper 60), L Davies (A Cokayne 56), S Bern (S Brown 59), A Ward, M Talling, P Cleall (A Matthews 56), M Packer (A Matthews 14-20), S Beckett (H Millar-Mills 60)

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