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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Luke McLaughlin

England 88-10 Ireland: Women’s Six Nations – as it happened

Maddie Feaunati goes over for England's thirteenth try.
Maddie Feaunati goes over for England's thirteenth try. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer

Sarah Rendell’s match report is right here:

And that is the lot for today. England march on to a shot at the grand slam against France next week. Au revoir for now.

Updated

Louis Deacon, the forwards coach, says they want to sell out Twickenham before the next World Cup.

He also says: “I’m a maul fan. We used our maul to suck their defence in.”

Maggie Alphonsi asks Deacon if a lack of competitiveness in these games is a problem. His answer isn’t very complimentary to their rivals.

“We get our competitiveness in training … the girls really go at each other in training,” Deacon replies.

“That’s where our competitiveness is, in training, to be honest with you.”

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