England: (31) 58 |
Tries: MacDonald 2, Cokayne 2, Heard, Cleall, Kabeya, M Packer 3; Cons: Reed, Tuima 3 |
Scotland: (0) 7 |
Try: Rollie; Con: Nelson |
England skipper Sarah Hunter's vocation came to an affectional extremity arsenic the Red Roses secured a 10-try Six Nations triumph against Scotland successful Newcastle.
It was Scotland's archetypal crippled since players were fixed contracts successful December, but the scoreline showed a wide gulf with England remains.
The hosts seldom looked threatened arsenic they began their bid for a 5th successive Women's Six Nations title.
The assemblage successful Hunter's location metropolis was successful afloat dependable arsenic she near the field.
The 37-year-old retires arsenic English rugby's most-capped planetary - antheral oregon pistillate - and the world's most-capped women's subordinate with 141 appearances.
Hunter near the tract successful the 57th infinitesimal to a lasting ovation from the sold-out assemblage of 10,053, hugging Marlie Packer earlier waving and beaming to her adoring fans.
Packer volition present instrumentality connected the England captaincy and fittingly completed a hat-trick aft Hunter went off.
England amusement gulf successful class
The information that each squad successful the tourney has immoderate signifier of nonrecreational declaration for the archetypal clip has been rightly celebrated, but determination is inactive a agelong mode to spell earlier each Women's Six Nations lucifer is competitive.
Still, playing a opus entitled Panic Room arsenic Scotland emerged from the passageway felt a small harsh.
Hunter was met with ear-piercing screams arsenic she emerged with nine-year-old niece Isabella holding her hand.
England's dominance was blatant from the archetypal scrum and Holly Aitchison conducted the backs with aplomb arsenic she took the 10 garment from the injured Zoe Harrison.
Aitchison was astatine the centre of England's opening try, sending Packer done a spread earlier starting a determination that enactment Claudia McDonald over.
In their archetypal lucifer since World Cup last heartbreak against New Zealand successful November, the lack of cardinal England leaders Abbie Ward and Emily Scarratt showed successful a hesitancy some sides of the ball.
There were sloppy handling errors excessively but England person plentifulness of clip to warm-up earlier a apt rubric decider against France successful the last circular of the tournament.
Still, the hosts punched truthful galore holes successful Scotland's defence that tries were inevitable.
Hooker Amy Cokayne went implicit connected the close helping and arsenic a bleak and acold Newcastle nighttime descended, truthful did Scotland's hopes of staying successful the game.
MacDonald exposed the gulf successful people arsenic she powered done 5 Scotland defenders for a try, earlier Tatyana Heard and Cokayne went implicit to implicit the first-half scoring.
Poppy Cleall and Sadia Kabeya kicked disconnected the second-half effort spree, with Packer claiming her archetypal successful a maul earlier celebrating Hunter arsenic she near the field, past adding 2 much scores for a hat-trick.
More to follow.
Line-ups
England: Dow; Breach, Tuima, Reed, MacDonald; Aitchison, Packer; Carson, Cokayne, Bern, Aldcroft, P Cleall, Kabeya, Packer (co-capt), Hunter (co-capt).
Replacements: Davies, Crake, Clifford, O'Donnell, Beckett, Wyrwas, Heard, Sing.
Scotland: Rollie; Grant, Orr, Smith, McGhie; Nelson, Caity Mattinson; Bartlett, Skeldon, Belisle, O'Donnell, McMillan, Malcolm, McLachlan, Gallagher.
Replacements: Rettie, Young, Clarke, Donaldson, Sinclair, McDonald, Blacklock, Musgrove.