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England 7-5 Canada
Helena Rowland takes the restart for England, with Holly Aitchison in the bin.
The Red Roses need to find another couple of gears, despite their lead.
Summary
Lark Atkin-Davies scored four tries for England, all from driving mauls after attacking line-outs
Eliie Kildunne, Jess Breach and Claudia MacDonald crossed for England's other tries, with Emily Tuttosi and Paige Farries replying for Canada
World champions New Zealand are England's last opponents on 4 November
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Try - England 7-5 Canadapublished at 31 mins
Emily Tuttosi
England are punished.
Canada kick the penalty from a line-out, and from that get the forwards rolling.
Hooker Emily Tuttosi is the woman to touch down from the back of the maul, excellent try.
The conversion is missed however, so England retain their lead.
Sin-binpublished at 30 mins
England 7-0 Canada
Image source, Getty ImagesHolly Aitchison is sent to the bin for 10 minutes for a deliberate knock-on.
A big blow to England.
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England 7-0 Canada
Slick passing out to the right wing, Holly Aitchison attempts to intercept but knocks on.
Penalty Canada, referee Maggie Cogger-Orr rules that was a deliberate knock-on. Aitchison could be in danger of a yellow card here.
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England 7-0 Canada
Canada get the ball through the hands for the first time, a strong move of more than 10 phases up to the England line...
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Good start by RRs! Win by 2 scores today for good momentum, tough match on the way against NZ, will be a great watch (if I can find ever find the stream!)
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England 7-0 Canada
England try to put together a strong attacking move from that situation - but it falls on another knock-on, this time by Catherine O'Donnell.
It's England 9-3 Canada in handling errors so far. Not good.
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England 7-0 Canada
The handling errors continue to come from both sides, the match is being played primarily through scrums so far.
Ellie Kildunne attempts to inspire her side with a superb 50-22 kick, which gets the Red Roses in a strong position.
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England 7-0 Canada
Hmm, England aren't perfect with the hands either.
A good move breaks down when Abby Dow is sent a hospital pass by her boot laces and the ball is knocked forward.
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England 7-0 Canada
Image source, Getty ImagesCanada are showing some good invention and intent, but handling errors are really costing them.
Against the world's number one ranked side, they are doubly costly.
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England 7-0 Canada
Canada look to respond, they get a line-out in a good location.
An England hand gets to it but knocks on, so scrum Canada.
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England 7-0 Canada
That try was an absolute gift for England - the grubber kick from midfield was ambitious but hopeful, and at least three Canadian defenders allowed the ball to bounce past or through them.
England look much more settled now.
Converted try - England 7-0 Canadapublished at 10 mins
Ellie Kildunne (con Holly Aitchison)
Looking at the replays, the referee is proved correct - it was Ellie Kildunne, the England full-back, who grounded the ball after the Canadian player just couldn't control it!
It's an absolute nightmare for Kildunne's opposite number, Sarah-Maude Lachance. She completely failed to deal with the bouncing ball, it squirmed through her arms and the England number 15 was quick to capitalise.
Holly Aitchison converts.
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England 0-0 Canada
Oh, is this an England try!
A clever grubber kick through is terribly dealt with by the Canadian defence, and referee Maggie Cogger-Orr thinks England grounded it.
It goes to TMO.
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England 0-0 Canada
Image source, Getty ImagesEngland get the ball through hands for the first time, captain Marlie Packer makes a break for the line - but knocks on a few metres short.
Good defending by Canada.
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England 0-0 Canada
A couple of early penalties to Canada for offsides and tackles from the side against England. Slightly sloppy start from the Red Roses.
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I think the Red Roses will win 35-25 today. As a tournament as a whole, I support this great tournament. I can’t wait to see what’s to come.
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England 0-0 Canada
Image source, Getty ImagesVery side point - I'm a big fan of the yellow and pink branding of the WXV tournament. Reminds me of those old Fruit Salad sweets.
England have the first line-out of the game, which they take with ease.
Kick-offpublished at 07:01 British Summer Time 27 October 2023
England 0-0 Canada
Canada have the kick-off - and Alexandra Tessier gets us under way.
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England v Canada (07:00 BST)
The players are out on the pitch at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, which you might recognise as a venue from the Fifa Women's World Cup in the summer.
It's not exactly full, but the players got a good reception from the spectators who are there in south New Zealand.