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New record for England with their 24th successive international win

By PA
(Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

England women continued their build-up to next month’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand with an eight-try victory over the United States at Exeter. Two long-distance efforts from Jess Breach capped a 52-14 rout and a record 24th successive international win for Simon Middleton’s team.

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Scrum-half Natasha Hunt got the first score on the board after five minutes, and two minutes later Breach raced 60 metres to cross after an interception. Amy Cokayne powered over following a lineout, then Claudia MacDonald eased over on the wing to mark her first appearance in almost a year following a neck injury.

Breach repeated her lung-bursting heroics as she raced over from inside her own half after being fed by Emily Scarratt to make it 33-0 at half-time. MacDonald jinked over for England’s first score of the second half and Cokayne also added her second before Hope Rogers finally got the visitors on the board.

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Shaunagh Brown and Helena Rowland were both sin-binned and the US were awarded a penalty try for a deliberate knock-on by the latter, but the 13 players still managed an eighth and final try through Ellie Kildunne.

England women will complete their preparations against Wales at Ashton Gate later this month before embarking on their trip to New Zealand.

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Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

The way they are defending is sometime pathetic to be honest. Itoje is usually on the inside of the rush and he is paired with a slower tight forward. Unable to keep up with the rush we have seen the line become disconnected on the inside where the big boys are. How many times have we seen Earl rush past the first receiver almost into no mans land covering no attacker. It looks like a system without any guidance. Tome Wright, Ikitau and a number of Wallabies went back to this soft centre as did Williams, Jordan and several others. Also when the line is broken the multiple lines of defence seems to be missing. The rush is predicated on a cover and recovery system with multiple lines of defence but with England you dont see it any more. Fitness and conditioning seems to be off as well as players are struggling to keep up with the intensity of the rush. Felix Jones has left a huge hole. The whole situation was and is a mess. Why they insist on not letting him go and having him work remotely is beyond me. Its leading to massive negative press and is a hot button issue thats distracting from the squad. Also the communication around Jones and his role has been absolute rubbish and is totally disjointed. While some say he is working remotely and playing a role others are saying theres been no contact. His role has not been defined and so people keep asking and keep getting different answers. England need a clean break from him and need to start over. Whatever reason for his leaving its time to cut the rope before the saga drags the whole Borthwick regime down. As for Joe El Abd well good luck to him. He is being made to look like an amateur by the whole saga and he is being asked to coach a system thats not his and which has been perfected and honed since 2017 by Nienaber, Jones, Erasmus and Co and which was first started by White in 2004. He is literally trying to figure out a system pioneered by double world cup winning coaches at the highest level and coach it at the same time. Talk about being on a hiding to nothing.

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