England v Scotland

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Full time

Damage done in the first half. Much improved in the second.

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Dow in again

Dow scores in the right corner.

England 59-7 Scotland

Yellow for Rollie

Deliberate knock on from Rollie, who is sent to the bin.

Dow runs it in from halfway

England go down the right and Dow runs it in from 50 metres.

England 54-7 Scotland

Two more debuts

Rachel Philipps and Gemma Bell come on to debut, replacing Helen Nelson and Sarah Bonar.

England scrum

A long passage of play from Scotland but it goes forward on England’s 22. Scrum for the hosts there.

Good kick Nelson

Nelson boots it out in England’s 22. They’ll throw in from deep.

Knock on

Scotland exit and Kildunnne tries to keep it in but spills it forward.

Scotland scrum just inside England’s half.

Double change

Elliann Clarke and Becky Boyd replaced by Molly Poolman and Adelle Ferrie.

Kildunne held up

Kildunne is swarmed by the Scottish defence and they win the scrum on our 22.

Scrum pen

England kick into the corner.

Clarke on for historic debut

Rhea Clarke comes on to debut, putting in at a scrum with her sister Elliann in the front row. They become the first sisters on the pitch for Scotland at the same time.

Better defence

Some excellent defence there from Scotland, dealing with England phase after phase and causing a knock on.

Scotland scrum on halfway.

Try given!

Great maul, the backs came in to help and Lisa Thomson, our inside centre, scores the maul try! Nelson converts.

England 49-7 Scotland

High tackle

High tackle on Rollie. Scotland kick into the right corner.

TMO

Scotland’s maul gets to the line, and the referee sees a grounding but wants to check it…

England escape

Scotland kick another penalty into England’s 22, but they steal it back and kick to their 10m.

Triple change

Anne Young, Lana Skeldon and Fran McGhie are replaced by Leah Bartlett, Elis Martin and Lucia Scott.

Extra roll

Extra roll on the floor from England, Scotland exit to our 10m line.

Ball in touch

Dow flies up the right but just can’t connect with Kildunne.

Scotland lineout just outside our 22.

Another MacDonald score

MacDonald flies down the left wing and over for another try. Aitchison converts.

England 49-0 Scotland

Unfortunate spill

Scotland free kick for an early push at the scrum. We go left but the final pass to McGhie is spilled.

England scrum on their 10.

Unplayable ball

Gallagher with an excellent charge down, and Nelson dives on the loose ball. It becomes unplayable so we get the scrum just inside England’s half.

Scotland exit

Scotland get it back, and Mattinson finds touch just inside England’s half.

Touch found

Thomson finds touch on our 10 after a few kicks from either side.

Back underway

COME ON SCOTLAND!

About to restart

Lisa Thomson away to get us going for the second half.

Half time

Not much to shout about in the first half, England dominate and Scotland go in 42-0 down.

Sixth England try

Lark Atkin-Davies from short range. Aitchison converts to end the half.

England 42-0 Scotland

Off feet

Nelson clears but then Scotland go off their feet at the ruck. England kick it back into the corner.

Knock on

England knock it forward at the lineout.

Scotland scrum on our 5.

Another try-saving tackle

This time, in the opposite corner, it’s McGhie who scrambles Abby Dow into touch to stop a certain try.

Scotland lineout on our 5m.

England steal lineout and score

Lineout is a mess, England pinch it and Abby Ward soon scores. Aitchison converts.

England 35-0 Scotland

Orr trysaver

Emma Orr’s tackle on MacDonald in the corner saves a certain try! Excellent covering.

Lineout on our own 5m line.

England clear

MacDonald intercepts and then Aitchison puts us back into our 22 with the kick. Lineout there.

Evie G jackal

The Evie Gallagher special! Jackal pen.

We’re 10 metres out on the right.

Try?

MacDonald goes over on the right, but looks like a knock-on in the build up…

Nope, its been given. Aitchison converts.

England 28-0 Scotland

Good steal Konkel

England come forward again but Jade Konkel grabs the ball back and we kick out just outside our 22.

Held up

Great work by Anne Young to hold up the ball as England’s maul goes over the line.

Goal line dropout.

Scrum pen

England kick into the corner.

Spilled

Dropped forward on our 22. England scrum there.

Massive exit from Kildunne

Scotland lineout just outside our 22.

England in touch

Kildunne tries to break up the right but puts a foot in touch.

Scotland lineout just inside England’s half.

Gift.

Zoe Aldcroft is given the simplest of finishes as she intercepts Nelson’s pass. Unfortunate, but a present for England. Aitchison converts.

England 21-0 Scotland

Second for England

One phase after the scrum, Marlie Packer bashes her way over. Aitchison converts.

England 14-0 Scotland

England scrum five out

Claudia MacDonald breaks through on the left. Chloe Rollie intercepts her pass, but then it’s dropped forward on the floor and England have a scrum in a very promising position.