| England: (21) 45 |
| Tries: Kildunne, Atkin-Davies 4, Breach, MacDonald; Cons: Aitchison, Rowland 4 |
| Canada: (5) 12 |
| Try: Tuttosi, Farries; Con: De Goede |
Lark Atkin-Davies scored four of England’s seven tries as the Red Roses maintained their 100% winning record in WXV1 by beating Canada in Dunedin.
Hooker Atkin-Davies scored each of her tries in identical fashion, finishing off driving mauls from line-outs.
Ellie Kildunne gave England an early lead, while Jess Breach and Claudia MacDonald also crossed in a bonus-point win for the world’s number one team.
Their final game is against New Zealand on Saturday, 4 November (06:00 GMT).
Emily Tuttosi and Paige Farries touched down either side of half-time for Canada, who were beaten for the first time in the competition.
More to follow.
Line-ups
England: Kildunne; Dow, Rowland, Reed, MacDonald; Aitchison, Hunt; Carson, Atkin-Davies, Bern, Aldcroft, O’Donnell, Talling, Packer, Matthews.
Replacements: Powell, Botterman, Muir, Galligan, Allen, Wyrwas, Heard, Breach.
Canada: Lachance; Farries, Seumanutafa, Tessier, Symonds; Gallagher, Apps; Hunt, Tuttosi, Menin, Beukeboom, Holtkamp, Senft, Svoboda, De Goede.
Replacements: Boag, Kassil, Ellis, Smith, Pelletier, Cline, Schell, Grant.