Summary

  • England beat Ireland 51-7 at Energia Park in Dublin

  • England score eight ties, six in the second half

  • Breach & McKenna go over in first half

  • Bern, Davies, Daley-Mclean, Harrison, Scott & Cleall score after the break

  • Ireland on the board through a penalty try in 62nd minute

  1. Postpublished at 71 mins

    Ireland 7-39 England

    Bryony Cleall is straight off her feet in the scrum, but there's no penalty. Natasha Hunt is pinged though, she's too quick round the side of the scrum.

    Ellen Murphy kicks to touch.

  2. Postpublished at 69 mins

    Ireland 7-39 England

    Ireland make full use of the width of the pitch off the line-out, but find themselves in the same situation as England.

    Alison Miller takes a huge hit from Emily Scott and the ball rolls into touch.

    IrelandImage source, PA
  3. Postpublished at 68 mins

    Ireland 7-39 England

    England's forwards have been incredible today. Amy Cokayne breaks through and covers about 15m to take the Red Roses up towards the halfway line.

    The visitors send the ball left but it goes too far and finds touch.

  4. 'Quick thinking by Harrison'published at 18:29 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2019

    Ireland 7-39 England

    Rocky Clark
    Former England prop and World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    It was quick thinking by Zoe Harrison with the dummy and then she just goes through.

  5. try

    Try - Ireland 7-39 Englandpublished at 66 mins

    Zoe Harrison

    Beautiful offloads from England there.

    Katy Daley-Mclean sends it inside and Zoe Harrison is on it. She sends a dummy left and darts right to score.

    Daley-Mclean swings the conversion left.

    Katy Daley-McleanImage source, Getty Images
  6. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Ireland 7-34 England

    The scrum goes down again. Ellen Murphy kicks to touch just inside Ireland's 22.

  7. Postpublished at 64 mins

    Ireland 7-34 England

    England have a line-out on Ireland's 22 and are almost immediately up to the 5m line. Bryony Cleall knocks on to give Ireland a scrum.

  8. Replacementpublished at 63 mins

    Ireland 7-34 England

    Natasha Hunt is on for Leanne Riley at scrum-half.

    After a long time off with injury, Ireland's Alison Miller is on for Lauren Delany and Ciara Griffin is off, replaced by Claire McLaughlin.

  9. 'Ireland have their reward'published at 18:23 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2019

    Ireland 7-34 England

    Rocky Clark
    Former England prop and World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Ireland will be buzzing with that try and they have just got their reward.

  10. try

    Try - Ireland 7-34 Englandpublished at 62 mins

    Penalty try

    Ireland go for another scrum. It makes much more progress this time, but is brought down again.

    The referee heads for the posts and gives the try.

  11. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Ireland 0-34 England

    Ireland go for a scrum over a line-out. It collapses immediately on the first attempt, but stays up the second time.

    Ireland edge forward before the scrum goes to ground. The hosts have another penalty, they really deserve a try here.

    Amy CokayneImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Ireland 0-34 England

    England try to run it out from their 5m line but have given away another penalty at the breakdown.

  13. 'England have to be whiter than white'published at 18:19 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2019

    Ireland 0-34 England

    Rocky Clark
    Former England prop and World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    England are going to have to be whiter than white now if they are going to stay on the referee's side.

  14. Replacementpublished at 59 mins

    Ireland 0-34 England

    England's Zoe Harrison replaces Emily Scarratt. The Red Roses are looking to preserve their starting XV ahead of next weekend's match against France.

  15. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Ireland 0-34 England

    England give away another penalty in the 22. The referee might start giving out yellow cards soon.

    Nicole FowleyImage source, Getty Images
  16. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Ireland 0-34 England

    A bit of a wayward throw, but Claire Molloy grabs hold of the ball.

    Shaunaugh Brown drives Ciara Griffin back and then Ireland fumble the ball. The hosts are going backwards.

  17. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Ireland 0-34 England

    Ireland have a 5m line-out and go into a rolling maul. It's brought down a few metres out and Ireland win the penalty. They kick to the corner again.

  18. Replacementpublished at 56 mins

    Ireland 0-34 England

    Bryony Cleall comes on for her England debut. She replaces Hannah Botterman.

    Hannah BottermanImage source, Getty Images
  19. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Ireland 0-34 England

    The Irish crowd are not at all deterred by the scoreline. There's still plenty of screaming and flag-waving. Great to see.

  20. 'Fantastic interlinking'published at 18:13 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2019

    Ireland 0-34 England

    Rocky Clark
    Former England prop and World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Fantastic interlinking between the forwards and backs. To see the centurion go over has made me a happy girl. Well done Katy.