England Women v NZ Sun 2.30

[fivepointer]

England team: Kildunne; Thompson, Aitchison, Reed, Dow; Harrison, MacDonald; Botterman, Davies, Bern, P Cleall, Ward, Aldcroft, Packer, Hunter (capt).

Replacements: Cokayne, Cornborough, Muir, Millar-Mills, Matthews, Infante, Rowland, Tuima.

Should be a good one. Live on BBC2.

[Mr Mwenda]

Enjoying this so far. Kiwis started strong but England are beginning to dominate 12-0 after 20 minutes. Kiwi hooker's darts are disintegrating and their forwards are giving away penalties left, right and centre.

[Mr Mwenda]

Red roses leading 17-0 at half time. Probably slightly disappointed to have missed a few chances. Very dominant. England will have the strong wind and setting sun behind them in the second half.

[16th man]

Not a great look for a Black Ferns team who were talking up the clean sweep.

[p/d]

Can’t believe they left their 9 on the pitch for so long. The replacement has changed the tempo completely

[16th man]

Apparently sealing off isn't a worry for this ref.

[16th man]

Seriously impressive passage of play.
Detonate their scrum, draw in defenders in the maul from the line out, couple of nice lines and an off load later nice try.

Absolute spanking.

[fivepointer]

Tremendous result.
NZ will come back strong next week but lets enjoy a really emphatic win.

[morepork]

That was a fairly comprehensive humping.

[Mr Mwenda]

Finally saw the last 25 minutes. Really nice to see. Hope they can really put the mental boot in next week.

[Digby]

It would seem NZ were a little off the pace, whether based on players available or that they're simply short of rugby. But it's nice for once to dish out the drubbing in a NZ game where one side isn't quite at the races.

And I liked they were trying things, not everything worked but they gave themselves a chance things could work well

[Peej]

England looked seriously impressive.

And at the risk of sounding 'woke', it's absolutely brilliant this had a prime slot on terrestrial tv. This is the type of thing that grows the game. My four year old daughter loved watching it

[Cameo]

Very impressive from England. Early on NZ were on top but just couldn't cope with England once they got going. I wonder if the lineout hadn't been so off, whether the game would have been a lot closer. England did seem to have them out wide too though (though the NZ 11 looked great).

[Which Tyler]

Your friendly reminder that the Utrecht Shield is up for grabs again in this one.

[morepork]

We're getting fucking mashed here. England seriously impressive.

[Mr Mwenda]

Just turned it on, 28-0 at half-time. Great to see.

[Mr Mwenda]

Loving seeing the kiwi 9 disintegrating into cheap shots.

[p/d]

Loving seeing the kiwi 9 disintegrating into cheap shots.

Starting 9 or replacement?

Send during the first game the Kiwis look far better when the replacement comes on. The starting 9 is meh

[Mr Mwenda]

Had 9 on the back.

[Mr Mwenda]

56-15, steam rollered them.

[morepork]

Ouchies. Hammered twice in a row.