Updates from the 5pm BST kick-off at Franklin’s Gardens
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7 min: England go from right to left as MacDonald has the ball on the front foot down the left wing. They’re building through the phases until Pouri-Lane comes up with a mighty steal for Samoa. But they can’t turn possession into territory as they soon knock the ball one just beyond their own 22. England will have the scrum feed in line with the posts, they’ve got options left and right.
5 min: England had trouble from restarts last week. No trouble this time as Rowland gathers a long kick and punts it out on halfway. They’ll have the ball back as an audacious long throw from a Samoan line-out is very, very skew.
Inevitable. England look so comfortable on the ball. They’re able to take the hits, absorb the tacklers and wait for the moment to strike. Bern barged over a tackler to get the go-forward. Then her fellow prop Clifford was hit on a great run, she delayed her pass for Jones on the angle and the centre had an easy run to the try from about 20 metres back. The conversion is good.
