England clip Canada wings to remain unbeaten

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England Women v Canada Women

England made it two-from-two to start their World Cup campaign with a 54-4 win against Canada on Saturday in Wigan. 

It was another ruthless performance from the English side, led by the reigning Woman of Steel, Tara Stanley who scored a hat-trick in the 11 tries to one success which has them primed to go through the group. 

Coming off their huge win first up, England started off in the best possible style. It was a fabulous backline move which ended with Leah Burke finishing off in the corner after confirmation from the video. 

It was a scrappy opening to the contest but England found the next score. Hollie Dodds picked up a loose ball and stepped past the defence to make it 8-0 for the hosts in Wigan. 

Next it was the vision from Courtney Winfield-Hill for England's third four-pointer. She saw her winger wide open and kicked for Georgia Wilson to touch down in the right corner. 

Dodd continued her strong form in the first half. The forward ran an impressive line, brushed off the defence and scored her second four-pointer of the afternoon as England stamped their authority on the contest. 

England finished the half with a flourish. A pair of superb solo efforts from Francesca Goldthorp and Georgia Roche had them in a commanding position at 30-0 going into the break. 

Coming out of the break, Tara Stanley was feeling just fine. She picked up a quickfire double, the first came after a fantastic run from Vicky Whitfield which left her attacking a retreated defence. Her second was another solid run to add the score. 

Canada spent much of the first half on the back foot but they avoided being niled in this game. They created an error from the kick-off then Petra Woods stepped away from the defence to make it 40 points to 4. 

Not phased by having their line breached. England got back into their work and added another score. There was so much room for activities and it ended with Carrie Roberts strolling over after a good pass from Winfield-Hill. 

The reigning Woman of Steel made it a hat-trick and her fifth four-pointer of the tournament. Stanley sliced through on the right side and had the pace to beat the defenders to make it 50-4. 

It was a wonderful run from Winfield-Hill, she just weaved past the Canada defence before being caught. On last, she was on-hand to kick wide for Burke to touch down in the left corner.