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Marlie Packer stars as England thrash Italy in latest Women’s Six Nations rout

The Independent·Press Association Sport Staff·23 days ago
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A four-try haul by Marlie Packer helped England hammer Italy 61-33 in their latest Women’s Six Nations thrashing to record a 37th consecutive Test victory. England secured a bonus point inside 14 minutes at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi but John Mitchell ’s world champions were pushed afterwards and only held a 40-19 lead at the break. Packer added to her first-half brace with two more scores after the interval in a superb individual display to keep England on track for another grand slam ahead of next Sunday’s trip to France. Injury-hit England were forced into a last-minute change after Maddie Feaunati was ruled out, with Haineala Lutui earning a first start for the Red Roses in the second row and Abi Burton lining up at No 8, but they needed only four minutes to break the deadlock when Packer touched down Zoe Harrison’s kick. Amy Cokayne grabbed the first of a double five minutes later before Helena Rowland spotted a gap and raced over.…

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