Red Roses make light of absentees to crush Scotland with power game

That was all that the Scottish crowd had to cheer, however, as England clicked through the gears. Sing, Amy Cokayne and Marlie Packer all added to Sarah Bern’s brace, the second in two matches for the tighthead off the bench. Kabeya, Mia Venner and Haineala Lutui added late scores as England puffed out their chests and reminded all of the Red Rose-tinted hegemony.

Off the pitch, the Murrayfield attendance was evidence enough of growth in Scottish women’s rugby; on it, however, with no win against England since 1999, a mighty chasm remains between the Red Roses and the chasing pack.

Match details

Scoring sequence: 0-5 Kildunne try, 0-7 Harrison con, 0-12 Jones try, 0-14 Harrison con, 0-19 Kildunne try, 0-21 Harrison con, 0-26 Clifford try, 0-28 Harrison con, 5-28 Lloyd try, 7-28 Nelson con, 7-33 Sing try, 7-35 Harrison con, 7-40 Cokayne try, 7-42 Harrison con, 7-47 Bern try, 7-49 Harrison con, 7-54 Bern try, 7-56 Harrison con, 7-61 M Packer try, 7-63 Harrison con, 7-68 Kabeya try, 7-70 Harrison con, 7-75 Venner try, 7-77 Harrison con, 7-82 Lutui try, 7-84 Harrison con.
H-T: 7-35.

Scotland C Rollie; R Lloyd (Darroch 61), E Wills (Scott 42), M Smith, S Campbell (McGhie 47); H Nelson, L Brebner-Holden (Darroch 13, Brebner-Holden 25); L Bartlett (Swann 57), L Skeldon (Martin 60), E Clarke (Poolman 57), E Wassell, H Cunningham (Bogan 47), R Malcolm (capt), A Stewart (McLachlan 47), E Coubrough.
England E Sing; J Breach, M Jones (capt), H Rowland (Aitchison 61), E Kildunne (Venner 61); Z Harrison, L Packer (Robinson 63); K Clifford (Carson 51), A Cokayne (Powell 51), M Muir (Bern 51), A Burton, L Ives Campion (Lutui 57), D Short (M Packer 57), S Kabeya, M Feaunati.
Referee Zoe Naude.
Attendance 30,498.