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Yeesh. Hope she recovers well

From the image I’ve just seen, it looks like a bad ankle break.

15. Helena Rowland
14. Lydia Thompson
13. Emily Scarratt
12. Holly Aitchison
11. Jessica Breach
10. Zoe Harrison
9. Leanne Infante

1. Vickii Cornborough
2. Lark Davies
3. Sarah Bern
4. Zoe Aldcroft
5. Abbie Ward
6. Alex Matthews
7. Marlie Packer
8. Sarah Hunter (c)

Finishers
16. Amy Cokayne
17. Hannah Botterman
18. Maud Muir
19. Rosie Galligan
20. Poppy Cleall
21. Natasha Hunt
22. Amber Reed
23. Ellie Kildunne

Will be Scarratt’s 100th cap.

Like Rowland at 15.
Fabulous looking side with the added bonus of Aldcroft back in it.

Effortless clear of a kick, absorb five phases, win penalty, driving maul try.

Ireland bugger up a lineout, England rampage and score again.

Tmo comes in to save the day.

Pushover try, 10-0. Lots of errors from England. Ireland a class below in everything, sadly.

Ireland pur some phases together despite being ragdolled. Won a penalty kick and missed it horribly in front of the posts.

So many errors, the worst I've seen the red roses play in a while.

Just got back from coaching the local minis. Seems like Ire are holding their own, going by the scoreboard?

Ireland no22 with a high tackle on Infante first? All, erm, handbags, though.

Mellsblue wrote:Just got back from coaching the local minis. Seems like Ire are holding their own, going by the scoreboard?

Yes, but they've done nothing at all. England blowing things left, right and centre.

I'd say Ireland are getting a few sympathy calls from the ref now, exacerbating England's inaccuracies at the breakdown.

Mellsblue wrote:Ireland no22 with a high tackle on Infante first? All, erm, handbags, though.

Very peculiar set of decisions. Just needed to retake the penalty.

Mr Mwenda wrote:England blowing things left, right and centre.

and continue to do so.

10-0 is a crazy close score all things considered.

Mellsblue wrote:

Mr Mwenda wrote:England blowing things left, right and centre.

and continue to do so.

Reset needed. That last crossfield attempt summed it up.

Better already. However the first half had similarly effortless start.

Packer can now add wing to her list of positions she plays.

I’d give a pen only for that but given the current framework….

Mellsblue wrote:I’d give a pen only for that but given the current framework….

Yeah, not malicious but seems odd given the way that has been referreed lately. I'm guessing that's breach's game over after all....

Mr Mwenda wrote:

Mellsblue wrote:

Mr Mwenda wrote:England blowing things left, right and centre.

and continue to do so.

Reset needed. That last crossfield attempt summed it up.

Still incredibly sloppy.

Helena Rowland with a world class pass for that try.

Yup, highlight of the game.

Irish backs look more like sevens players to me.