Autumn International. England 37 Ireland 15

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England Women battled to a 37 – 15 win against a determined Ireland on Saturday evening at Twickenham with the hosts outscoring their opponents seven tries to three.

The match was very much a development game for both sides, as England chose to develop some of their younger players. Ireland’s hand was more forced as Coach Adam Griggs starts to rebuild the team.

England (15) 37

TRY: Heather Kerr, Kelly Smith, Vickii Cornbrough, Lydia Thompson (3), Catherine O’Donnell

CON: Katy Daley-Mclean

Ireland (10) 15

TRY: Eimear Considine, Lauren Delaney, Claire Molloy

It was a game I watched, for large portions, alongside the men’s game against the USA and both matches had a similar feel with the gutsy underdogs making a fist of it in the first half before the stronger team pulled away in the second half.

However, it was a much better performance from Ireland than their outing against an inexperienced USA . . .

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