England ran in six tries as they accomplished their preparations for the Ladies’s Rugby World Cup with a 40-6 win over France.
The Crimson Roses, who kick off their marketing campaign in opposition to the US at Sunderland’s Stadium of Mild on Friday, August 22, had been made to work exhausting for a twenty seventh successive victory in Mont-de-Marsan by a French aspect lacking first-choice scrum-half Pauline Bourdon Sansus by way of suspension.
England’s ahead energy proved irresistible in the course of the first half as they established a commanding lead, however having seen France all however reel them in earlier than holding on to win their Six Nations Grand Slam decider in April 43-42, they headed for the dressing room taking nothing without any consideration.
Morwenna Talling supplied the completion to a fourth-minute rolling maul after second row associate Abbie Ward had secured possession at an early line-out, and hooker Amy Cockayne repeated the dose on the finish of a strong Fifteenth-minute drive with Zoe Harrison including the conversion.
Dealing with errors and imprecision value John Mitchell’s aspect additional tries because the French conceded a collection of penalties which finally noticed lock ahead Manae Feleu yellow-carded, and though Morgane Bourgeois diminished the deficit with a penalty in her absence, prop Maud Muir touched down from one other rolling maul and Harrison added the extras to make it 19-3 on the break.
Bourgeois kicked a second penalty to capitalise on Teani Feleu’s rampaging early break because the second half acquired below method, however scrum-half Natasha Hunt’s fast considering after her pack had pressured a scrum penalty despatched centre Megan Jones over and Harrison obliged as soon as once more.
France began to throw the ball round, with half-backs Carla Arbez and Alexandra Chambon each making harmful breaks and because the England scrum got here below stress, the guests had been starved of significant possession.
However catch and drive did the trick as soon as once more with six minutes remaining for substitute hooker Lark Atkin-Davies to go over, and he or she added a second three minutes later to permit Harrison to take her tally to 10 factors with two extra profitable kicks.
