Summary

  • England score 14 tries to break their record for highest World Cup score and qualify for quarter-finals with game to spare - match report

  • Player of match Helena Rowland scores 27 points to set England record for most individual points in World Cup match

  • Jess Breach scores World Cup hat-trick as fully professional England overwhelm amateurs Samoa in Northampton

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  1. try

    Try - England 85-3 Samoapublished at 74 mins

    Jess Breach HAT-TRICK

    Emma Sing gets the ball into the hands of Jess Breach out wide and once she takes that first step she leaves the Samoa defence looking like they are running through treacle. So quick, so fast, so LONG...

    Jess BreachImage source, Getty Images
  2. Postpublished at 18:34 British Summer Time 30 August

    That's 12 tries now for England.

  3. Postpublished at 18:33 British Summer Time 30 August

    England 80-3 Samoa

    Katy Daley-Mclean
    England's 2014 World Cup winning captain on BBC Two

    This is what Natasha Hunt brings. The tempo of that pass.

  4. try

    Try - England 80-3 Samoapublished at 70 mins

    Marlie Packer

    Maddie Feaunati breaks out of the scrum and breaks the line, Samoa scramble back but there is no stopping captain Marlie Packer who scores from a fine pass from sub Natasha Hunt.

  5. Postpublished at 70 mins

    England 75-3 Samoa

    Samoa prop Glory Aiono has had to come back on to complete the front row and England make mincemeat of the scrum instantly...

  6. Postpublished at 69 mins

    England 75-3 Samoa

    The clock is off as a Samoa player needs treatment. We are into the last 10 minutes - how many are England going to end up with?

  7. Chasing recordspublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 30 August

    Record England points scorers in World Cup games

    25 - Nicky Crawford vs Sweden 02/05/1998

    25 - Sue Day vs Italy 13/05/2002

    25 - Helena Rowland TODAY

    20 - Emily Scarratt vs Samoa 01/08/2014

    20 - Jayne Molyneux vs Canada 05/05/1998

    20 - Claudia Moloney-MacDonald v Fiji 08/10/22

  8. Postpublished at 68 mins

    England 75-3 Samoa

    Zoe Harrison came on just before that try so I think Helena Rowland is playing at centre now. She is having a hell of a game wherever you play her! That's 25 points.

  9. Postpublished at 18:26 British Summer Time 30 August

    England 75-3 Samoa

    Katy Daley-Mclean
    England's 2014 World Cup winning captain on BBC Two

    It's the skill level of England's backs there. The build-up play is just what sets them apart for me.

    The work England have been putting in is pulling through.

  10. converted try

    Converted try - England 75-3 Samoapublished at 65 mins

    Helena Rowland (con Rowland)

    England make some changes and instantly score, Helena Rowland dives over to add to her million kicks with a try after Claudia Moloney Macdonald and Emma Sing can't quite make it work.

    Roland adds an insane conversion from way out on the sideline.

    Helena RowlandImage source, Getty Images
  11. Postpublished at 63 mins

    England 68-3 Samoa

    Brilliant from Jess Breach to dance past two defenders and streak away to score...but her toes are just in touch so it's called back. Unlucky!

  12. Postpublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 30 August

    England 68-3 Samoa

    Brian Moore
    Former England hooker on BBC Two

    Good lineout work by England to get in front and spoil the Samoan lineout.

  13. converted try

    Converted try - England 68-3 Samoapublished at 61 mins

    Mackenzie Carson (con Rowland)

    Samoa choose to have a lineout 5m from their own line rather than a scrum, such has been England's dominance there. But England just nick the ball from the lineout instead and feed sub Carson to smash over.

    Helena Rowland kicks her eighth conversion.

    Mackenzie Carson scoring a tryImage source, Getty Images
  14. Postpublished at 58 mins

    England 61-3 Samoa

    Both sides are starting to make handling errors now as fatigue and the weather take their toll a bit. Some tired players out there.

  15. Postpublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 30 August

    England 61-3 Samoa

    This is what it means to Samoa to get on the scoreboard at this World Cup.

    It was only a penalty but a huge moment for the Samoans, who have crowd-funded to get to England and left behind jobs and family.

    Samoa celebrateImage source, Getty Images
  16. Replacementspublished at 55 mins

    England 61-3 Samoa

    England start to make changes with the job long since done. May Campbell, Mackenzie Carson and Maud Muir are all on.

  17. Postpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 30 August

    England 61-3 Samoa

    Katy Daley-Mclean
    England's 2014 World Cup winning captain on BBC Two

    Kelsey Clifford is a prop with two try assists. England's back three have been doing this so well.

    Jess Breach gets the rewards there.

  18. converted try

    Converted try - England 61-3 Samoapublished at 54 mins

    Jess Breach (con Rowland)

    That is brilliant, a brilliant try from England! Kelsey Clifford, who has just scored, offloads out of a tackle superbly to send Breach in for her second score of the day.

    Jess Breach scoring a tryImage source, Getty Images
  19. A 'stabilised set-piece'published at 18:11 British Summer Time 30 August

    England 54-3 Samoa

    Brian Moore
    Former England hooker on BBC Two

    Samoa's set-piece has stabilised. For the first 10 minutes they have had a solid ball, it's the small but subtle changes that make the difference.

    Harmony Vatau smilingImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 30 August

    England 54-3 Samoa

    Katy Daley-Mclean
    England's 2014 World Cup winning captain on BBC Two

    Yes Samoa have got a lot of heart and a lot of fight but England have just got good individuals doing the basics well.