• England Women 37-15 Ireland Women
• England take autumn try tally to 21
• England take autumn try tally to 21
England have scored 21 tries in an autumn series that will give them
grounds for optimism when they challenge France for their Six Nations
title in the spring. Simon Middleton’s Red Roses crossed the Irish line
seven times at Twickenham, with the wing Lydia Thompson scoring a superb
second-half hat-trick.
England are playing an expansive game and once again their pack
provided a revamped backline plenty of opportunities to carve up their
opponents. But after a bright start they had to dig deep for victory
after an embattled Ireland forced their way back with two tries just
before the interval.
Ireland had reshuffled their pack after a defeat by USA with Juliet
Short, a former England Under-20s player, making a debut at No 8. But
their young side lost two key players through injury in the first half
and the England forwards ground down their opponents.
Middleton
had rather surprisingly left Katy Daley-Mclean, who had won her 100th
cap against the Americans a fortnight earlier, on the bench again.
Daley-Mclean is 33 next month but is arguably still the best fly-half in
the women’s game. Zoe Harrison was given another chance to start at No
10 and she soon showed her skills with some clever tactical kicking that
pinned Ireland into their own 22 before the England pack rumbled
forwards and the hooker Heather Kerr was driven over from a lineout for
the first try.
The wing Kelly Smith took her chance to score her fourth try of the
autumn after a midfield break by Tatyana Heard. Ireland were in trouble
and things soon got worse when their fly-half Nikki Caughey was taken
off with an injured right knee. Emma Hooban, the Irish hooker, soon
followed Caughey off, painfully holding her right arm.
Thompson looked to have scored a third try but was denied by a
tremendous tackle by Ireland’s captain, Sene Naoupu. Hannah Botterman,
the young Saracens tighthead, looked to have been driven over but could
not ground the ball. Her fellow prop Vickii Cornborough soon made amends
with England’s third try after another powerful drive by the pack
Eimear Considine, the speedy Ireland right-wing, at last broke clear
of a stifling England defence just before the interval with a well-taken
try as Ireland gained a foothold. A brilliant individual try by Ireland’s full-back Lauren Delany with the last move of the first half
then left England shaking their heads.
After the break the England replacement flanker Marlie Packer made an
instant impact at the breakdown. Thompson at last got her try after a
clever kick through by Harrison. Daley-Mclean came on to help give
England more shape and Thompson glided through for a second try.
England continued to miss conversions but they were in the clear
before Claire Molloy responded with a third try for Ireland. England
then spread the ball wide and Thompson completed her hat-trick. The
replacement Cath O’Donnell scored the seventh try with the last move of
the match and Daley-Mclean finally landed the only conversion of the
match.
A number of England players took advantage of the occasion to make
their mark in the last game before professional contracts are handed out
in January, none more so than Thompson.
It was a pity more spectators did not take up Twickenham’s offer to
watch the game for free. France are the only team to have beaten
England’s women this year and they are pretty good value at the moment.
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