Atkin-Davies grabs FOUR as Red Roses blossom | England v Canada

Atkin-Davies grabs FOUR as Red Roses blossom | England v Canada | WXV1 Highlights

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7 ай бұрын

A remarkable four try haul to Lark Atkin-Davies has helped power England to a 45-12 over a brave Canada in Dunedin. It sets up for an intriguing final WXV 1 round next weekend, when England will play off with New Zealand in a rematch of last year’s Rugby World Cup final.
The absorbing first half saw the ball in play for a number of long periods, as both sides strived to move the ball. However, it was a very handy kick that broke the deadlock early when Holly Aitchison sent the ball towards the Canadian line and a wicked bounce caused a mix up in defence. Full-back Ellie Kildunne showed great awareness to follow up and ground the ball, the TMO confirming the try after the replay clearly showed her hand getting there first.
Kildunne then followed up soon after with an excellent 50/22, but tough Canadian defence kept them out. From there the game settled into an entertaining series of possessions for both sides as they often found space to run into. Gradually Canada gained the upper hand and patiently worked the ball into the English 22, unlucky not to score when a pass was knocked down by Aitchison.
The Red Roses fly-half received a yellow card for the infringement and Canada took the opportunity to launch a successful lineout drive, which resulted in a try to Emily Tuttosi on the half hour mark.
That stung the English pack into action, only a few minutes later setting themselves up for a lineout drive of their own. Lark-Davies rumbled over for her first try, a feat she clearly enjoyed enough to repeat the process as the hooter for halftime sounded.
Canada weren’t done though, straight after the resumption an errant English pass was scooped up by Shoshanah Seumanutafa. The outside centre weaved a lovely path towards the line and released a perfectly timed pass to the flying Paige Farries, who went half the length of the field to score.
However, Lark-Davies and her English pack were in a rampant mood, again striking for another two tries in the space of five minutes. The fourth was even more costly for Canada, as it came off the back of a yellow card to Julia Schell for a dangerous tackle. The English hooker was given a well-earned rest after that as her side began to roll the substitutions.
England didn’t take their foot off the pedal though, scoring two sensational tries in the final 12 minutes. Kildunne was the provider for both, first cruising around the Canadian edge defence and curling around to link up with Jess Breach. The prolific wing sped away to score her 35th international try, only moments later Kildunne was on hand to provide a pass for Claudia MacDonald to weave her way infield and score.
Even though the result was beyond doubt, Canada kept fighting and spent the rest of the game hot on attack. They were unlucky not to score when a pass just slipped out of Farries’ reach, but also had to contend with an English tackling effort that kept up its intensity right till the final whistle.
Canada will play their final match against Australia in Auckland next weekend, while England will know exactly what they have to do against New Zealand if they are to be crowned the inaugural WXV 1 champions.
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@akmalin17 7 ай бұрын

If it has to fit into 3 minutes, why show every second of every maul try and only the final 2 seconds of the tries from open play?

@LeornianCyng 7 ай бұрын

What a win by the roses. Two sensational tries by Breech and McDonald.🌹

@lost_boy 7 ай бұрын

Well played Red Roses!

@thomasmain5986 7 ай бұрын

Prop's to Canada they are a gutsy side, England just to good for them.

@Fancyfresh 7 ай бұрын

No women,s side can maul like those roses. Every team, male and female, should take note.

@RoddyBezerra 3 ай бұрын

*_How couldnt find this b4?_*

@SandSMat 7 ай бұрын

It was good to see Amber Reed starting. If it wasn't for injuries I believe that she would have won many more caps. She looked very good today. How do you select the best starting fifteen as there doesn't appear to be a weakness in the entire squad. The head contact ruling, to me, is spoiling too many games and just seems over the top. There wasn't any malice in the yellow card incident. If the authorities are worried about long term effects then perhaps they may like to look at boxing.

@kingspeechless1607 7 ай бұрын

I don't understand your general comment. There is a general recognition of the accumulative effects of concussions and other head injuries. One concern for rugby federations is that in the future children would be discouraged from taking up the game at all if nothing was seen to be done.

@SandSMat 7 ай бұрын

@@kingspeechless1607Eminent doctors are saying that the long term effects from a single blow to the head are likely to be minor whereas the effects on the head from the usual body contact during tackling are probably more serious. Many of the red cards result from unintentional contact with no malice.

@kingspeechless1607 7 ай бұрын

@SandSMat So do you think referees must work out whether they are intentional (wilful) or not, entirely unintentional, pure as driven snow? What percentage of correct evaluation would you think was a success, 55%? 65%?, 80%? 90%? How long do you think the deliberation period should be? Perhaps the easiest thing would be to ask the perpetrator, "Was that intentional on your part, Owen?" "I cannot tell a lie, that was just a bit intentional" "Thank you for your candidness, Owen. Here's your red card" "Thank you ref, I deserve it, and I sincerely hope it will make me a better person." "You are welcome, Owen, my colleagues and I are here to help!"

@SandSMat 7 ай бұрын

Whilst I consider myself chastened by your reply I do think that it is possible to make a reasonable judgement.whether there was an element of deliberation in the contact. Where there is doubt a yellow card be given instead. I believe that now any head contact results in a Red card and matches are being spoiled. Just look at the current interpretation of the hand ball rule in soccer, for example, now any contact between hand and ball seems to result in a free kick whether intentional or not. JUST SAYING.