England see off spirited France to clinch 6 Nations
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BORDEAUX, France (AP) — England won a record eighth consecutive Women's Six Nations title and fifth successive Grand Slam after beating host France 43-28 on Sunday. Unbeaten France with home advantage and backing from its largest ever home crowd was expected to seriously threaten England's relentless domination of the championship.
When France edged England by a point in Grenoble to win the 2018 Women's Six Nations title nobody could have possibly imagined that, eight years later, that would remain the Red Roses' last defeat in a competition they have utterly dominated since.
France won a thrilling Six Nations rugby union championship with the final kick of an enthralling clash with England. Ireland, who had defeated Scotland 43-21 earlier in the day, were poised to claim their third title in the last four years as England led ...
England and France set up their destined Grand Slam decider in Women's Six Nations rugby with big road wins on Saturday. England beat Italy 61-33 in Parma and France downed Scotland 69-28 in Edinburgh.