Hunter ends England career with clinical win over Scotland

Marvellous Marlie Packer powered England to a historic 58-7 victory over Scotland in their opening game of the TikTok Women's Six Nations at Kingston Park Stadium. Simon Middleton's side now boast an impressive 20 games unbeaten in the Championship, the longest sequence of victories in its history.

Ad Packer grabbed a second-half hat-trick as Claudia MacDonald and Amy Cokayne both notched doubles in Newcastle. RugbyTuipulotu can be world's best, says Wales head coach Cunningham41 MINUTES AGO Tatyana Heard, Poppy Cleall and Sadia Kabeya also made their way onto the scoresheet as co-captain Sarah Hunter called time on her illustrious career.

It was never going to be easy for the Scottish side but Chloe Rollie made all the difference in the final stages of the game as she crossed for their only score. Packer was the playmaker in the opening minutes with two vital carries down the midfield pushing England within scoring distance.

Deep in their opposition's territory, Simon Middleton's side were almost undone by some feeble passing on the wing but recovered well and fed the ball expertly from left to right for MacDonald to dive over the whitewash and open the scoring in the eighth minute. Scotland hit back almost instantly with Emma Orr powering forward and linking up with Helen Nelson, who offloaded back to Orr for the final push.

But the centre's reach was just centimetres too short and a brilliant effort by the Scots fizzled out as England regained possession. The Red Roses began to settle on the 20-minute mark and Packer was once more at the forefront of the surge, almost teetering over the line before feeding the ball out wide to Cokayne who dotted down into the right corner for the home side's second, a poor conversion