Meg Jones at coronary heart of England juggernaut – however Wales rewarded with bonus level | EUROtoday

Sean Lynn, the Wales head coach, insists he’s assured that his aspect can shut the hole on England, even when he couldn’t decide to a timeframe.

“I am very proud of the character the girls showed for the 80 minutes,” he mentioned. “We are still disappointed we leaked 62, but the character we did show there to get that bonus point [is good]. The areas we are looking at, we are moving closer.

“I said to the girls going into this game, it’s all about us. Let’s just make sure that we are working on areas that we’ve been looking at from the France game, and we ticked those boxes, and now we know when we’re going up against the Red Roses, who are the best in the world, the areas now we need to be getting right as well. I would like to say we can catch them [England].”

Match particulars

Scoring sequence: 5-0 Feaunati attempt, 7-0 Rowland con, 12-0 David attempt, 12-5 Bevan attempt, 12-7 Bevan con, 17-7 Packer attempt, 19-7 Packer, Rowland con, 24-7 Jones attempt, 24-12 Jones attempt, 29-12 Jones attempt, 34-12 Cokayne attempt, 36-12 Rowland con, 41-12 Moloney-MacDonald attempt, 46-12 Breach attempt, 48-12 Harrison con, 53-12 Packer attempt, 55-12 Harrison con, 55-17 Lewis attempt, 55-19 Bevan con, 60-19 Muir attempt, 62-19 Harrison con, 62-24 Lockwood attempt.

England: E Kildunne; M David (J Breach 19), M Jones (captain), H Rowland (Z Harrison 60), C Moloney-MacDonald; H Aitchison, L Packer (F Robinson 53); M Carson (K Clifford 53), A Cokayne (C Powell), S Bern (M Muir 53), A Burton (H Lutui 60), D Burns, S Kabeya (D Short 21), M Packer, M Feaunati.

Wales: K Powell; S Singleton (C Richards 50, S Lockwood 55), C Keight, J de Vera (F Bell 74), J Joyce; L George, K Bevan; G Pyrs (M Davies 53), K Jones (M Reardon 60), S Tuipulotu (D Rose 63), J Aiono (G Evans 55), G Crabb, B Metcalfe (A Joyce 55), B Lewis (captain, B King.
Sin-bin: K Powell 52.

Referee: E Goldsmith (Aus). Attendance: 26,247.