THE GRAND SLAM DECIDER | Red Roses v France highlights

Relive the drama from the Grand Slam decider between England and France as they battled for the 2024 Guinness Women's Six Nations title. #Rugby #England
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[@user-pc2li4mw4q]

Red Roses you are awesome Love you all

[@frostysfreeway2320]

Congratulations England!! Thoroughly deserved.

[@jonathanhodgson2142]

Top job ladies. Bring on the World Cup in England.

[@paulchristopher8634]

There only one e team who will challenge England next year and that’s New Zealand

[@neill392]

@@paulchristopher8634 They've lost 3 of their last 4 against France.

[@JaemanEdwards]

​@@neill392They've won 4 of the last 5 world cups you twerp

[@shaunsowter3329]

Wether its football or rugby, our women always do us proud.

[@neill392]

Holly A's kicking from the tee was impeccable.

[@JaemanEdwards]

Her A is impeccable too

[@neill392]

@@JaemanEdwards grow up.

[@JaemanEdwards]

@@neill392 It's a compliment nana

[@joe-vl3nd]

Nice one ladies 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@triswestwood4402]

Diligence x Skill x Power = W Not just a fantastic performance but another shift in societal perception- my sporty daughter has never felt so positive about being big. Outstanding.

[@musicloverlondon6070]

Great comment. Perceptions are indeed changing, including ridiculously narrow perceptions of 'acceptable' body types.

[@juanman75]

Well played red roses!! Done the country proud. 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏆🏆🏆

[@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart]

Yet again another resounding victory from our ladies! Congratulations girls only 7 tries scored against us truly a dominant season 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹🏉

[@JaemanEdwards]

France definitely have the better backline though. The Black Ferns too. Amazing how good you can look with a dominant pack.

[@stevemathews9535]

@@JaemanEdwards I find it hard to agree. In this game the tactics were for forward domination and, as Jess Breach said in the post match interview, the backs had an easy time of it. Look at the way the backline performed against Ireland and I would put them up against the Black Ferns or the French any day.

[@JaemanEdwards]

@@stevemathews9535 The Red Roses obviously have a good backline. But France showed with an inferior pack that they are in fact the better backline. And the NZ backline is without question better.

[@stevemathews9535]

@@JaemanEdwards The Black ferns back line wasn't better in the WXV final though.

[@JaemanEdwards]

@@stevemathews9535 The England pack was dominant. You're not too bright.

[@LeornianCyng]

Excellent test match between the two. France gave England a really good game, their SVNS players were excellent in the 15’s campaign. England were once again just unstoppable. 20 Six Nations titles for The Red Roses and 18 Grand Slams. It’s their third time they’ve won the Treble Grand Slam. They’ve also won six consecutive Six Nations titles. Add that to their 2 IRB World Cups and WXV title🌹

[@jonchess8844]

🎉🎉🎉. Good match and well done England again. ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏

[@paulbromley5750]

Maud Muir had a great game !

[@SaxonGlory]

Well done ladies, I am once again proud to be English!

[@AllInTheGame01]

Congrats to both ENG & FRA who both put on a very entertaining show (shame about the red card), but there needs to be more investment in the Women's Game to help bring more teams up to the level of ENG's Full Time Professionals to really grow it!

[@hugomaxwell4237]

Sensational, yet again! Well done ladies. We're all behind you!!

[@lost_boy]

Outstanding win against as strong French side. Thoroughly enjoyable to see the Red Roses tested like that. ❤️🌹❤️🌹

[@bashab3098]

Love watching the ladies great skills and technique with flair to spare

[@robleary3353]

Brilliant ruthless rugby!. Well done!. Nuff said. 🙂

[@timwannell6477]

Immensely proud of our red roses 🌹🏉

[@martinfoster9848]

Jess Breach's lack of tackling ability was matched only by the French number 14s ball dropping technique.

[@theessexhunter1305]

So proud of the England Ladies.

[@andy-wi5gc]

Predictable result really, not Englands fault but there's no competition to change these results.

[@passingfancy4682]

Congratulations to England for the win, and to France for providing the only exciting running, although helped by Breach pulling out of the tackle to create their second try.

[@scottroberts7875]

EXCELLENT TEAM PERFORMANCE.!!ATVB2U all

[@user-xv2pf7qs5g]

Super team superb result they should be soooo proud of themselves well done england

[@jakeianwilliamson5155]

Awesome stuff. Well done 👍👏👏

[@diannegooding8733]

Congratulations England. Excellent Grand Slam. Great Rugby from both teams. Thanks ladies!

[@user-kj8lq7mo2s]

This English ladies team forward pack is the woman's version of the BRUTAL BOK PACK FOR SURE.

[@henryweatherly8777]

Alex Matthews and Amy Cochrane were absolutely brilliant!!!! Amy's darts and hooking on point, great in the loose also.... Alex Matthews!!!! What a warrior?!?! At it from start to finish and refused point blank to take a backwards step, i thought she was amazing and has been from the start of the tournament. A good and proper scrap up front and the pack as a whole ( we've been waxing lyrically about the backs ) were outstanding and deserve credit and huge respect. The French threw everything at England and a few of our defensive sets ( close to our line) were heroic. Our girls left everything out there on the pitch, under presure and duress but stood firm..... FANTASTIC!!!💪👌👍👏✌️

[@MichaelGill-kq5oz]

❤so well done are ladies❤

[@andrewbantick6311]

Brilliant!!

[@matt76ist]

Love it!!

[@TheMonkeyhanger]

Superb play ladies 🏉

[@gianpaolodilallo7755]

Congrats to the devasting Red Roses,huge win, the best team in the world!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@neilboulton9813]

Well done the Red Roses fantastic 6 Nations and well deserved Grand,Slam, it us up to the others to try and close the gap as it is currently vast. However I know you will not standstill as you have massive pride in playing for England and this will also drive you forward to get even better. Can't wait for the World Cup next year.

[@coxy-lou8325]

And yet, it's going to have to be 😂

[@halalcurb3933]

This may be a controversial take but...for training purposes we know that when we practice against stronger competiion we become better. What if the Continental Tyres Schools Cup U15s teams scrimmage vs the Red Roses a few times a year? This competition for both squads would be beneficial for both clubs but also would generate ENORMOUS ratings and ticket sales the proceeds of which would help the schools' rugby programmes.

[@markhopton1531]

Jess breech had a very poor game her tackling was absolutely terrible in both there tries

[@squidandchips]

There was confusion in the defensive set on both occasions. Maybe could've got the first one, but on the second it was a simple 2 on 1 which any team should score off.

[@markhopton1531]

@@squidandchips she was a weak link and England are lucky there so far in front ability wise. Hopefully it was a one off

[@squidandchips]

@@markhopton1531 I imagine a fit Claudia MacDonald would have been first choice with JB on the bench.

[@stevemathews9535]

After her performance against Ireland where we saw a great change with some good defence and kicking, I though this was the improvement we had hoped for, a winger comparable with Abbie Dow but today she seemed to have reverted back to the old Jess.

[@Brettall65]

I feel jess. may have lost a bit of confidence, since her big couple of injuries but as a professional player ,she will be critical of things herself and she will only want to improve to be the best she can ,and with the coaches she has around her ,the development will continue

[@andrewganner6581]

Absolutely brilliant putting the french to sword woth a resounding win to lift the six nations 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jimmyodriscoll9273]

England to strong and to good for them French...🤣🤣😁😁the juggernaut continues..🏆🏈

[@jonathonwheatcroft754]

Getting grand slam again in the French backyard priceless congratulations ladies

[@pauljamison3340]

The only fully professional team in the world, they should be winning!!!!!!

[@Achilles66666]

I think you will find the French are fully professional as are the New Zealanders ,the Australian and the Canadians 🤔

[@noProphet550]

This year's Women's Six Nations illustrated this perfectly with England (fully professional) topping the tournament's table; France (fully professional) coming in second

[@neill392]

@@noProphet550 All 6 teams are fully professional.

[@nigelseymour4850]

adding my congrats to the red roses. god save the king and my country...

[@roccodifrezi2266]

Les Françaises ont bien réagi mais beaucoup de contre temps elles n'ont pas vraiment réussi à imposer leur jeu... Je déplore le comportement antisportif, agressif, voire irrespectueux de certaines joueuses Anglaises .... UN BEAU MATCH TOUT DE MÊME..

[@moggylxix1854]

I think the backs had a poor game this game. Not enough running chances and they were suprised the French ran at them. Not many teams get the chance to do that. I can caount those teams on my thumbs. France and New Zealand.

[@jackycourrouyan2121]

Nous sommes à là moitié du chemin pour être au niveau de cette jeunesse anglaise.... dû travail à faire....car l'on offre là victoire à ces anglaises... Alors au boulot.... comme le disait Macron....il faut retrousser ses manches et nettoyage des crampons... Sic

[@lyellclare9365]

Congrats to both teams.Our Black ferns are 20 -40 points behind these two teams .Sometime in the future a captain from one of these top level teams is going to tell the officials to go F themselves and will take their team off the field if these morons keep giving red cards for yellow card offences. Red cards are for serious infringements. Soon tackles will be banned if this crap keeps up.

[@Achilles66666]

The upcoming British and Ireland women's lions tour of New Zealand should be made up of only players from Scotland,Wales and Ireland as they need to gain the experience England could send their full team and would beat New Zealand so give the other home nations players a bit of experience and maybe it will help there development 🇬🇧🇮🇪

[@petrolhead1960]

Maybe those countries should invest more in their women’s game and give them the dignity they deserve?

[@stewy62]

Celtic Lions, I like it. With England being so strong the current plans are pointless and simply trying to copy the mens game rather than coming up with ideas to improve the womens game.

[@paulchristopher8634]

Sorry but there is only one team in the world who can challenge England and that’s New Zealand

[@roccodifrezi2266]

and France, since rugby at the Olympics is not a thing for the english truck girls

@@roccodifrezi2266 A large number of the tries from the English team came from our backs in the six Nations if you bother to check Mr Troll. Women's rugby league is also been developed here so somewhere down the line you might end up with a few girls playing both or ending up in the Women's Premiership with another Mrs Robinson on our hands.

[@roccodifrezi2266]

if you say so! come on, i never said you didn't deserve your win, be humble in victory (ah, goddam, you can't, genetic english thing)

@@roccodifrezi2266 Calling the English team truck girls makes you sound like sour grapes and someone who needs a cuddle, bless.

[@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit]

​@@roccodifrezi2266 sour grapes scooter boy

[@alanbrown4703]

Arguably the greatest rugby team ever fielded , six time champions in a row and three time grand slam champions in a row, they have no equal in history . Bravo English women , bravo.....

[@stewy62]

Thanks for the highlights but as patriotic as I am, in 6 minutes of highlights did we really need even a second of God Save the King ?

[@millwallholdings]

YES

[@cocobeloeil1848]

et une branlée de plus ! tant que l'équipe de France ne maitrisera pas la base du rugby, à savoir faire des passes, on sera toujours derrière. Les lacunes techniques dans cette équipe ne datent pas d'hier mais le changement d'encadrement technique n'a rien amélioré dans ce domaine.

[@olivierb9716]

facile, des pro contre des semi pro. l'equipe feminine u18 fait de super matchs, et met des bralées a l'equipe d'angleterre; avec des demi de melée et d'ouverture excellentes

[@cocobeloeil1848]

@@olivierb9716 Oui, les u18 , hommes, femmes sont très bons. Comment expliquer qu'après, ça se gâte ? il y a des rumeurs qui circulent ... des produits ... décidément, aucun sport ne sera épargné

[@JBS482]

Some absolute filth being played by the French, lovely to see that French flair as always. Looked like the most competitive game and if this French team get any better, I think the Red Roses would be pushed for a very close game. Excellent as always, Ladies. Excited for the World cup!

[@olivierb9716]

the french u18 is promising. very good team, destroying the english

[@John-rf4sv]

✊✊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️✝️

[@roccodifrezi2266]

a very strong team, no doubt about this, but a bit of humility and fair play would add them a lot of neutral supporters (but I guess they don't give a f...) I Hope France ladies get their revenge soon, at the Olympics for instance (ohhh, wait, not england side there :p)

[@neilboulton9813]

No they don't give an F as long as they keep thrashing the French in particular, as to fair play what would the French know about that? You kerp trying to imply yhe English have one way of playing through their forwards but Mitchell has changed their style and the backs have scored way more points than the so-called creative French. Also the English forwards are far more athletic than the French, so stop using the phrase truck, unless you are trying to insulting towards woman.

[@roccodifrezi2266]

@@neilboulton9813 blablabla, see you in the Olympics, ah nooo, you can't :p

[@millwallholdings]

WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT ? Bad loser

[@olivierb9716]

@@neilboulton9813 i understand, the mens are bad, so...

[@paulwilkinson7977]

Well done ladies..congratulations 🎊 on winning the six nations ..awesome display against a very credible opponent..🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 😊

[@johnpoile1451]

The first real test England faced they won, the first real test France faced they lost. BTW congrats. Ireland, see you in 2025.

[@JaemanEdwards]

France definitely have the better backline

[@adrianlloyd6403]

I'm not sure i totally agree with that.England reverted to a game plan of playing to their forward strength and kicking a lot for territorial gain.England didn't play much of a running game to emphasise the skills and abilities of the backs to be fair.How many touches or passes did Kildunne,Dow or Breech receive in the game? Very few in contrast to the other games in the six nations.England had a game plan,stuck to it,and won.You can't criticise a coach for getting a win which is what it's all about at this level.

[@neilboulton9813]

Is that the best you can come up with? So if that is true which set of backs scored more tries in the Championship clue its not the so called creative French + Kildunne is the best back in the entire Championship and Heard the best Centre by a country mile.

[@JaemanEdwards]

@@neilboulton9813 The proof is obvious. It's amazing how good you can look with a dominant pack. Kildunne, Rowland, Breach, and Atkinson, used to all get spanked badly in sevens where they do not have this luxury. Portia Woodman and Co made them look second class.

[@stevemathews9535]

@@JaemanEdwards For a moment there I thought they were playing 15s.

[@JaemanEdwards]

@@stevemathews9535 My point exactly. In fifteens they have a dominant pack that makes it easier to score. Which is exactly why the French backline is superior to the English.

[@sswmbe1841]

lol French so called experts kept saying this time the team is ready to win hahaha

[@roccodifrezi2266]

look at the U20 and U18 results, they will, soon, when the english front trucks will be out of age :p

[@neill392]

@@roccodifrezi2266 Botterman 24, Muir 22, Talling 22, Kabeya 22, Powell 22, Carson 24, Clifford 22, Bern 25, Fe'aunati22, you might be waiting some time.

[@roccodifrezi2266]

@@neill392 nope, just check the last youngster results, but keep dreamin if you need it :*

[@neilboulton9813]

Another moron who doesn't watch the style of play. Mitchell has changed their style, how many England backs scored tries this campaign. However with big forwards the other teams want them to change their style of play to give them a chance, which to a degree they have and they are still smashing teams.

[@chabirandjeanmarc7032]

a professionnal team versus a non one because in France women players are not professionnal

[@noProphet550]

This year's Women's Six Nations illustrated this perfectly with England (fully professional) topping the tournament's table; France (fully professional) coming in second

[@neill392]

Small number of the French team choose not to be full time, all the rest have a mix of club and national contracts that pay them a full time wage.

[@chabirandjeanmarc7032]

@@neill392 nope they are not fully pros as english team 1/2 in the better case

[@millwallholdings]

@@chabirandjeanmarc7032 so what Another hater

[@chabirandjeanmarc7032]

@@millwallholdings not at all but bragging about a victory like that I don't find it "very rugby"

[@kfckillie1]

Got to go, got paint drying

[@brunodelacolo1911]

Heureusement qu'il y a l'arbitrage dégueulasse pour les anglaises car vous ne gagneriez pas beaucoup de match à la régulière pitoyable match aucun talent chez les anglaises et encore moins de grâce good night

[@minatosenjut1050]

Lol, so frenchy!

[@stegemme]

quelle réponse qui ne reflète pas la générosité de l'esprit français pour le rugby. Vous n'êtes pas un véritable fan.

Oh dear, put the dummy back in mate.

[@shaunmcmahon2261]

Roses had plenty of grace whooping French butt. And the ref was fair she didn't get a red card for headbutting Marlie packer and you talk about cheating that all the French do losing so try and cheat to win.

[@robinholland1136]

Tu as l'air fatigué mon petit. Tu devrais aller te coucher. Alors, prends ton nounours et monte au lit. Fais de beaux rêves . . .

[@philmockler5978]

The French crowd are disgraceful

[@coxy-lou8325]

It has been much worse.

[@geoffnicholson776]

why do they never get the French response to these matches are they that sick and unsportsmanlike ?

[@coxy-lou8325]

😂 Parce nous sommes sur les chaînes françaises 😇. Personnellement, il n'y a pas d'anglais sur les chaînes en français. Antisportifs ? 😊

[@joeperrin3217]

Yay! Well done ladies you won a competition where there was no competition. Pointless tournament.

[@squidandchips]

How are the women from other countries supposed to improve if you remove the tournament? Knob.

[@adrianlloyd6403]

Oh dear what a sad comment.Would you make the same comment about the billion dollar sport of F1? Is there competition in that sport? If women's rugby isn't for you then don't watch,but plenty of people enjoy live sport at any level and it's up to other countries to catch up and match what England have achieved.England football took the same attitude to competing in the first few football world cups and didn't bother even entering a team but how foolish does that decision look in hindsight?

[@shaunsowter3329]

Wether its football or rugby, our women always do us proud.

[@robertcornelius8056]

Yes but look at the lack of diversity

[@paulm2467]

@@robertcornelius8056We live in a country with less than 10% non-white people, we have White players, Black players, Pacific island players and Asian players in our team so it pretty much represents our society, there are also openly gay players. There aren’t any trans players because that would be seriously dangerous and finish the sport for women completely.

[@paulm2467]

​Diversity, what are you talking about? England have players of every colour, background, creed and sexuality​@@robertcornelius8056

[@neill392]

@@robertcornelius8056 Both the Roses and Les Bleus have squads that reflect the ethnic composition of their countries.

[@shaunsowter3329]

@@robertcornelius8056 theres no lack of diversity