Scotland Women 8-43 England Women: Six Nations champions seal third win
Last Updated: 23/02/18 11:08pm
England Women made it three wins from three in their Six Nations trophy defence as they crushed Scotland 43-8 at Scotstoun.
The visitors crossed inside three minutes when Danielle Waterman, on the occasion of her 80th cap, took the ball off Lauren Cattell after the centre's break.
The experienced back stepped the covering defender and dotted down under the posts to set the tone for Simon Middleton's side.
Prop Sarah Bern hit a strong line for England's second before Scotland rallied through Sarah Law's penalty and Jade Konkel's try to bring the scores to within six points.
However, Charlotte Pearce's first international try put England back in control and despite Izzy Noel Smith's yellow card, the bonus point was secured when Ellie Kildunne scored following a deep break for a 26-8 half-time lead.
England continued their pressure in the second 40 minutes and Pearce showed good strength and composure to cross for her second.
Lagi Tuima also got her first try for her country as she broke through the midfield to run in.
Waterman's second came from a well-worked move off the back of a scrum and she nearly secured a hat-trick in the final moments but her effort was ruled out after her foot was just in touch.
Prop Rochelle Clark came off the bench and made her 135th international appearance, a world record for a prop.
After the match, the Red Roses' head coach Simon Middleton gave his verdict on the encounter and on Clark's milestone.
"We did some really good things tonight, some of the contributions from the younger players were outstanding.
"At the same time we gave away some unnecessary penalties which led to yellow cards, so there is lots to look at, and learn from, going into our next game against France, which will be a really tough fixture but one we are looking forward to," said Middleton.
"We want to pay tribute to Rocky tonight also, she's an incredible player and incredible person, it's a great achievement."
England's next game is against France in Grenoble on March 10 and that game will be live on Sky Sports Action and Mix.
France are two from two so far in the Championship and play Italy on Saturday in Round 3 at the Stade Furiani.
England Women will face Ireland at the Ricoh Arena on Friday 16th March (kick-off 5.30pm), before England U20s take on their Irish counterparts at 8pm. To buy tickets, visit https://www.eticketing.co.uk/ricoharena/
