Irish women lose to England

IRELAND couldn’t contain a more experienced and physical English team in Dublin on Saturday and went down 32-0 in their third Six Nations game.

It took England 25 minutes to register their first score when Karen Andrews knocked over a penalty but once the floodgates opened there was no way back for Ireland as England added 17 more points before the break.

IRELAND: A. Greensmith (Shannon), N. Ni Chaidhan (Galwegians), S. Fleming (Cooke), P. Kelly (UL Bohemians), L. Cantwell (UL Bohemians), S.J. Belton, captain (UL Bohemians), T. Rosser (Blackrock), F. Coughlan (UL Bohemians), J. Lonergan (Shannon), E. Coen (UL Bohemians), R. Foley (Shannon), G. Healy (Blackrock), R. Boyd (Cooke), J. Leacy (Blackrock), J. Neville (Shannon).

Replacements: J. Leacy for Healy, 60 mins; M. Coulter for Coen 68 mins; N. Ni Chaidhain for Greensmith 70 mins; G. Davvit for Fleming 79 mins).