Women's Six Nations 2023: Wales 3-59 England - Red Roses run riot in Cardiff

England fly-half Holly Aitchison scores for the visitors

England crushed Wales' Triple Crown hopes with a ascendant show astatine Cardiff Arms Park.

Wales had taken an aboriginal pb done a Keira Bevan punishment and were successful the contention trailing 19-3 astatine half-time.

But the Red Roses ran riot successful the 2nd fractional to interruption Welsh hearts and widen their unbeaten Six Nations tally to 22 matches.

They stay apical of the array with 3 convincing bonus-point wins, portion Wales stay 2nd earlier France's gathering with Scotland connected Sunday.

England looked to onslaught aboriginal and fired a informing changeable erstwhile Jess Breach tore down her wing.

But it was Wales who opened the scoring, and it came from an overthrown line-out which was superbly scooped disconnected the level by Elinor Snowsill earlier unleashing the almighty forwards.

Kelsey Jones was bundled implicit the line, but the shot was held up by England skipper Marlie Packer.

Wales did permission the 22 with points through, Bevan kicking a punishment to the roar of the location crowd.

The pb was astir short-lived, England were talented a five-metre scrum aft a mistake by Lowri Norkett connected the restart, but they were fto disconnected the hook arsenic Lucy Packer uncharacteristically knocked on.

But the scrum-half soon made amends - the subordinate from Ammanford scoring the archetypal effort of the crippled with a clever amusement and go.

Full-back Emma Sing added the conversion connected her archetypal England start.

Wales continued to vie good astatine the breakdown, but England's people began to radiance through.

Bethan Lewis' deliberate knock-on gave England a five-metre driving line-out, which Wales did good to initially clasp up, but it released Holly Aitchison who enactment done a cleanable grubber footwear for Lewis' room-mate and subordinate of the lucifer Tatyana Heard to dot down.

Wales conceded again earlier half-time and it was Aitchison who was the supplier again, shipping a agelong walk retired to Abby Dow who outpaced 3 defenders to transverse for England's 3rd try.

Sing added the extras to springiness England a 19-3 pb going successful astatine half-time.

Alex Callender's 50-metre interruption sparked the 2nd fractional to life, but it was one-way postulation from that constituent on, arsenic the Red Roses simply went done the gears.

It was much magic from Aitchison which saw the archetypal effort of the half. The fly-half started the determination and looped astir Heard earlier crashing implicit to unafraid the bonus point.

England were successful again moments later, prop Sarah Bern proving a implicit mismatch for Hannah Jones earlier offloading to Breach who could not beryllium caught arsenic she ran successful nether the posts.

Fatigue began to acceptable successful for Wales arsenic England started putting width connected the ball. It allowed Ellie Kildunne a tally successful connected the overlap with her archetypal interaction of the game.

Wales were past dealt different stroke connected the hr people arsenic replacement flanker Kate Williams was shown a yellowish paper for a precocious tackle.

England kicked to touch, played disconnected the driving maul and unleashed the forwards, with Maud Muir crashing implicit nether the posts.

Hannah Botterman added her sanction to the effort scorers, arsenic England reached their half-century and showed wherefore they are the number-one squad successful the world.

Play was past halted erstwhile 2 incidents were brought to the attraction of referee Joy Neville.

Packer was shown a yellowish paper for a precocious tackle connected her chap skipper Hannah Jones, and May Campbell past followed her to the bin for a akin tackle connected Lisa Neumann.

Wales failed to capitalise connected the other 2 players erstwhile Williams returned, and it was England who finished with dominance.

Wales: Keight; Neumann, H Jones (capt), Bluck, Norkett; Snowsill, Bevan; Pyrs, K Jones, Tuipulotu, Fleming, G Evans, B Lewis, Callender, Harries.

Replacements: C Phillips, Hope, Hale, John, K Williams, King, F Lewis, Wilkins.

England: Sing; Breach, Tuima, Heard, Dow; Aitchison, L Packer; Carson, Davies, Bern, Aldcroft, O'Donnell, Kabeya, M Packer (capt), Matthews.

Replacements: Campbell, Botterman, Muir, Burns, Beckett, Wyrwas, McKenna, Kildunne.

Match officials

Referee: Joy Neville (IRFU)

Assistants: Beatrice Benvenuti (FIR), Maria Pacifico (FIR)

TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)