England hand SA Rugby World Cup hiding in Auckland to end tournament on low note

South Africa's Women's Rugby World Cup ended on the expected low note when they were beaten 75-0 by a powerful England team at the Waitakere Stadium on Sunday.

Having lost their earlier two games against France and Fiji, it was expected that the women's side wasn't going to get the better of an excellent English side.

That they held England to 29-0 at half-time spoke volumes of their character, but it was always a case of when and not if, their dam wall will break.

The wall did indeed break and England recorded their 28th consecutive victory, with that success consigning Stanley Raunbenheimer's side to the bottom of Pool C and an early exit.

Rosie Galligan's first-half brace that was part of her hat-trick, along with tries from Poppy Cleall, Shaunagh Brown, and Connie Powell gave England a comfortable lead at the interval.

England's powerful forward squeeze saw South Africa concede two first-half yellow cards as locks Catha Jacobs (14th minute) and captain Sindi Booi (32nd minute) were both sin-binned for maul offences.

England's forward squeeze in the second half continued unabated and as they continued to roll in the tries.

Powell and Galligan completed their hat-tricks in the second half with Sadia Kabeya adding her brace.

England's other tries came from Abigail Dow and Marlie Packer as England cleared their cobwebs ahead of next week's quarterfinal against Australia at the same ground.

Packer was unapologetic about relying on power to quell the winless South Africans, saying it was the sort of rugby needed to win knockout matches.

"We've worked on stuff in training from the France game. There were a lot of changes, a lot of first starts in a World Cup for some of these players," Packer told AFP.

"We can take a lot from this and