Summary

  • England complete back-to-back Grand Slams with eight-try victory in Parma

  • Ellie Kildunne, Poppy Cleall, Emily Scarratt & Abbie Ward score first-half tries to secure bonus point

  • Sarah Bern, Jess Breach, Leanne Riley and Marlie Packer add tries in second half

  • Red Roses were crowned Six Nations champions last week after France failed to beat Scotland

  1. Postpublished at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2020

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    Now that we've covered the title win, let's take a look at who's going for the Grand Slam.

  2. BBC columnist Shaunagh Brown on title winpublished at 16:36 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2020

    England prop Shaunagh Brown has a shiny new BBC Sport column.

    In the first one, she spoke about where she was when she found out England had won the Six Nations:

    "It took me by surprise when we won the Six Nations last Sunday.

    "Scotland's draw against France meant we couldn't be caught at the top of the table. I was sitting at home playing Super Mario on the computer and most of my Whatsapp groups were on silent so my phone didn't go off at first.

    "Somebody messaged me saying 'congratulations' and I didn't know what it was about. I looked at the squad Whatsapp group to see what was going on.

    "One of the staff members had said congratulations too and I was still completely oblivious to it all, then I worked out that we had won the title.

    "I was thinking 'have I missed the game or something?' I wondered if I had been asleep for a week and hadn't been able to play Italy."

    Keep an eye out for Shaunagh's second column next week!

    Shaunagh BrownImage source, Getty Images/BBC Sport
  3. England's route to the titlepublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2020

    2 Feb: beat France 19-13

    England started the defence of their Six Nations crown with a hard-fought win, Emily Scarratt racing clear for a fine solo try in the second half proving decisive.

    10 Feb: beat Scotland 53-0

    Switched to a Monday match at Murrayfield because of Storm Ciara, England were hot in the snowy and freezing conditions to go top of the standings.

    23 Feb: beat Ireland 27-0

    A rampant first-half performance did the damage as England inflicted a first defeat of the tournament on Ireland and moved a step closer to the title.

    7 March: beat Wales 66-7

    In the last game before the pandemic, a record near-11,000 crowd saw a Poppy Cleall hat-trick help England power past Wales at Twickenham Stoop.

  4. Can't stop them nowpublished at 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2020

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    Coronavirus has already put a stop to the other two Women's Six Nations fixtures that were supposed to happen this weekend.

    Positive tests in the French camp led to France v Ireland and Wales v Scotland being postponed.

    England's Natasha Hunt won't be available because of a positive test too - more on that later.

    But the show goes on in Parma (insert dancing woman emoji here).

  5. Welcomepublished at 16:26 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2020

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    The Six Nations title is old news for England - they won that last weekend without even lifting a finger.

    But can they make it back-to-back Grand Slams? Only one way to find out...

    England players laugh during trainingImage source, Getty Images