Eight-try England run riot against Scots in Edinburgh

England ran in eight tries as they thrashed Scotland 46-0 in their Guinness Women's Six Nations clash in front of a record crowd at Hive Stadium in Edinburgh.

The Red Roses built on a fast start from tries through Amy Cokayne, who was later sent off, and Abby Dow to comfortably record a third straight tournament victory, stretching their overall winning run to 27 Six Nations matches.

Hooker Cokayne opened the scoring after six minutes when she took a pass from scrum half Mo Hunt to step inside and break clear.

Sadia Kabeya then provided the final pass to unleash Dow into the corner, before Scotland saw a try from Maud Muir chalked off on review because of a dangerous ruck clear out from Cokayne, who was shown a yellow card and sent to the sin bin.

England scored again before the break after centre Meg Jones kicked infield for Ellie Kildunne to scoop the ball over the line, with Holly Aitchison adding the conversion to see England into half-time with a healthy 17-0 lead.

Kabeya dived over to add a bonus-point try three minutes into the second half before Jess Breach took a pass from Dow to canter off into the corner to further press home England’s advantage.

In the 54th minute, Cokayne was shown her second yellow card of the match following a high tackle on Scotland hooker Lana Skeldon, and was sent off.

Despite the player disadvantage, England continued their momentum as Breach touched down again before Kildunne added her second after 65 minutes, going over in the corner for her sixth try of the tournament.

Squad captain Marlie Packer came off the bench to power over and claim England’s eighth try, which Zoe Harrison converted to round off another comprehensive victory for the defending champions.

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