England 58-5 Wales LIVE REACTION: Red Roses dismantle Dragons in Women’s Six Nations clash – latest updates
ENGLAND dismantled Wales 58-5 in their women's Six Nations match earlier today.
“I think it was a frustrating performance. The first half especially, it was hard for us," player of the match Abbie Ward said.
“These games are always a challenge the competition is always getting up and up.
“It’s never nice [to see a teammate suffer], best wishes with Abby at the moment. Hopefully we can catch up with her later.
“It’s incredible to have so many people here. Hopefully we can kick on and do it for the fans.”
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Triple crown next for England
England will play Ireland in their next game with a chance to win the Triple Crown.
They maintain their unbeaten start and are still on for a Grand Slam showdown potentially with France.
Wales will have something to say about that as they entertain France in Cardiff.
Red roses in dominant form
This game today really was a chance to see where Welsh rugby was in its major evolution it is undergoing.
The performance was a big improvement on previous years but it is obvious that English rugby is still a few years ahead of the Welsh who have only gone professional in the last 12 months.
England top the TikTok Six Nations table and Wales sit in third place.
FT: England 58-5 Wales
The referee brings the game to a close.
What a performance by the Red Roses.
England 58-5 Wales
80. The captain tops the performance off with a try.
Harrison converts the try.
A valiant effort from the visitors.
Try - Sarah Hunter (England)
England 51-5 Wales
78. Wales kick a penalty into touch.
Chance for them to spend some time in English territory in these final stages.
They have given it their all the visitors and their performance does not deserve more England tries before the final whistle.
England 51-5 Wales
76. This England team does not let up at all.
Every player giving it their all for the full 80 minutes.
They have numbers over and handoff inside finds Scarratt a gap to go over the line.
England fail to score the conversion.
Try - Emily Scarratt (England)
England 46-5 Wales
74. The attendance is announced as 14,689.
England are not giving up here and Jess Breach is striding towards the line.
Wales are trying to find some juice in the tank to keep this English side out.
England 46-5 Wales
72. Wales are back up to fifteen players after that try.
Shaunagh Brown enjoyed that try.
The conversion sails wide of the posts.
Try - Shaunagh Brown (England)
England 41-5 Wales
70. Wales did well to take their best chance of the game.
Beating England at their own game as they drove in their maul.
Kelsey Jones going over the line in from of her club fans.
The conversion strikes the upright and comes back out.
Try - Kelsey Jones (Wales)
England 41-0 Wales
68. Snowsill takes the Welsh penalty and kicks towards the England corner.
Metres from the English try line the Welsh have a lineout.
Big chance here.
England 41-0 Wales
66. Wales have some rare time in the England half are awarded a penalty.
Snowsill kicks for touch.
Welsh lineout towards the English five metre line.
England 41-0 Wales
64. Great hand off by Abbie Ward to create the opening.
Alex Matthews fends off two tackles and bursts through.
Her momentum takes her over the line.
Conversion missed.
Try - Alex Matthews (England)
England 36-0 Wales - Yellow card for Wales
62. Natalia John has to take the yellow card for Wales.
They will have to see the game out with only fourteen players.
Lillicrap was warned about the defence before.
England 36-0 Wales
60. Wales ring the changes to try and get a boost to their game for the final twenty minutes.
England lineout just inside the Wales twenty-two.
Same story again breaking into a maul and driving towards the Welsh line.
England 36-0 Wales
58. Wales are penalised and England kick into touch.
Winning their own lineout on the halfway line they drives Wales backwards with their maul again.
Both sets of players are making the referee work hard today.
England 36-0 Wales
57. All too easy for England there.
Holding the Welsh players off to hand off to Bern to go over the line unchallenged.
Zoey Harrison converts.
Try - Sarah Bern (England)
England 29-0 Wales
55. This is going to be a tough half for Wales.
With just under half an hour remaining the visitors are under constant pressure.
England seem to have taken it up a gear this half.
England 29-0 Wales
53. Zoey Harrison did brilliantly to get the ball over the top to Jess Breach.
There was no cover and no one able to stop the winger.
Harrison fails to convert.
Try - Jess Breach (England)