“The girls cry a lot, so I cry” | John Mitchell, Botterman, Muir, Jones | Red Roses win Grand Slam

We’re pitchside in Bordeaux as the Red Roses win a sixth consecutive Guinness Women’s Six Nations title and a third straight Grand Slam by beating France 42-21. Ashleigh Wilmot speaks to Hannah Botterman, Maud Muir, Meg Jones and John Mitchell to reflect on the tournament and the win in France.
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[@expressoevangelism80]

It’s great to be proud of an English team doing something they do very well. Thank you everyone.

[@ds-ii6bm]

John Mitchell, tremendous respect! Not afraid to shed a tear in public with the pride he feels in the team.

[@GlynBartlett]

A great performance by the Red Roses and also fantastic performances by the French girls 🎉

[@DavidMuir-nw9qe]

Loved the pod Ashleigh. Thanks for the mention. Best wishes David

[@davidnewell1917]

Outstanding! English Rugby is in safe hands!

[@raybenstead2548]

Bloody brilliant.

[@lisasmith9482]

As a proud England &Tigers fan for over 40 years, the Red Roses have been exemplary in all aspects of what rugby means. Teamwork, passion, fight, drive & effort. But the most impressive area for me, that all other England sides must follow is the fan engagement & love! The media work, podcasts post match fan meets etc etc is 'THE BEST IN THE WORLD IN ANY SPORT' My 5 year old daughter wants to play rugby & be a Rose because of all of you. Players, staff, media, everyone! #RosesonRed

[@ianunwin]

absolutely bloody brilliant what a team well done to the red roses enjoy

[@proffzzix9139]

Fantastic game and what an achievement such a shame that the most successful England team, male or female, in any sport does not get the media coverage it truly deserves

[@KirstyLionheart]

These girls should be getting the same coverage as our Lionesses at the very least.

[@chrispickwell2506]

So true... it's getting better though

[@lekopta]

Maud Muir definately stood out to me. Great job.

[@lawsonspedding6136]

Girls are so lucid, they speak with speed and confidence !

[@happynogod1646]

Well done to all the team and staff. Great match 2 great teams going at it. This does so much for women's rugby. Well done!!!

[@Solicitor1957]

Fantastic team and obviously nice people. Doing the country proud for sure.

[@davidmanger5193]

Excellent win and very proud of the girls. Not a faultless performance (France’s second try was a bit soft) but it’s good to have things to improve on. Having been at the Ireland game, it was great to see the Roses tested and come through the test. Roll on the World Cup!

[@andrewjohnclose429]

Hannah Botterman. Absolute legend 😂

[@aml1234561]

Absolutely superb to watch! Well done all of you!

[@hugomaxwell4237]

So proud!!! Hope the red roses enjoy the red wine in Bordeaux! Well deserved

[@newton18311]

Wells Done Lady's, Brilliant.

[@davidcullen1956]

Love watching the Red Roses play

[@thearcticlord3920]

Biggest compliment, let's hope the men's team and everyone representing English sport, learn from what you have achieved. There are a lot of girls and young women watching too.

[@markforsyth2721]

Definitely a forwards win this time round. Just shows exactly how really really good the Red Roses 🌹 team are. A complete class team and looking forward to seeing them lift the WRWC next year. Go the Red Roses

[@colinhefferman5498]

Good coach. Grand Slam with both the men's and the women's team. Impressive. Great display by the Roses. So proud of you. I live in New Zealand, and they live rugby here. You're setting out your stall and are showing the world your greatness

[@davidcullen1956]

They all have great personalities

[@RichardHayhoe]

The tactic change from last week v the Irish was impressive. They knew the French would bring it in front of a hostile crowd. They had to play it in their faces and close them down. Such strength and bravery, love em. Oh, love the way John Mitchell refers to them as " The Girls" . As indeed do they. As indeed does a coach call a male team " The Boys". Good job John didn't get interviewed by the BBC......

[@jonathanhodgson2142]

Well played ladies.

[@wadepilkington6692]

Well done ladies

[@ly9386]

❤❤

[@clivel3966]

Glad the team won and given people are still emotional about the game, I won’t comment on individual players performances or the overall team performance. So I would be interested in stimulating peoples opinion regarding the standard of officiating of the tournament. Good, bad, indifferent? Improved since the World Cup, the same, worse? Keeping up with the increasing standard of play or lagging behind?

[@csinibaba37]

Inspirational, so proud xxxx

[@Breton-furieux]

🙏👏👏🔵⚪🔴

[@geoffnicholson776]

absolutely magical great match great opposition what more could you want thank girls thank you thank you

[@lyellclare9365]

I am pleased that Mitchel has found his coaching level because he was by far the worst most incompetent All Black coach we have in NZ ever have had.

[@1973thebigd]

sombre man

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

The full back and wings were awful this week. Flat track bullies? I can certainly see why Quinns were not unhappy when Breech left for Saracens.

[@lisasmith9482]

#Trollsnotwelcomehere

[@petegarnett7731]

The back three successfully adapted their game to a different plan to beat France. Just because they did not run in a host of tries in this game does not mean they were poor. They did a lot of good work if you had been watching instead of feeding your bigotry.

[@Chunky246]

Just shows you know zero about Rugby. Another armchair expert.

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

@@Chunky246 no it shows you no nothing about rugby . Another deck chair follower.

[@clivel3966]

Easy folks, I think we are all England fans here. Perhaps everyone could put their emotions on hold and put forward cogent, analysis of the performance. For instance the coach himself said, re the second half “we had to hang on and like, D up”. That would be the hanging on against a 14 woman French team by the ‘number one’ team in the world. Now there are interesting dynamics involved when teams go down to 14, England have shown that in the tournament but should the ‘number one’ team in the world not be able to nullify this and use the extra player to its advantage? If it can’t and the coach said it - “we had to hang on and like, D up” it’s reasonable to assume the performance/ tactics could have / need to be better. So it’s also reasonable to ask where were England’s failings because, I don’t know about you but I want England to win the World Cup by a country mile.😊

[@williamharkenss8960]

Brilliant game ladies

[@michaelsquires7074]

To. @ MARTINA-gc3tqc. The team played to a plan,and it worked !Sometimes you have to play’ugly ‘ to win.Our’ flat-track-bullies’ were not part of the match strategy - I assume that they will soon be back to their’bullying ways … ! I note that you gave no credit to the performance of the French team.👎 l get thoroughly peed-off when our successes are belittled ; in the UK we get little enough to cheer about .ENJOY.

[@Chunky246]

Just ignore the troll.