Red Roses · The year in full

1998⁠

Red Roses played 9 matches in 1998: won 7, drew 0 and lost 2, scoring 328 and conceding 111.

Tournaments and series

1998 Women's Rugby World Cup Third place

Biggest win of 1998

Sweden 0–75 England

2 May · Women's Rugby World Cup

Played91998

Won778% of matches

Drawn0

Lost2Points 328–111

Tries of the year

Top scorers

Jayne Molyneux 10
Nicky Crawford 9
Sue Day 6
Paula George 5
Susie Appleby 4
Helen Clayton 3
Kate Knight 3
Penalty try 3
Trudi Collins 3
Claire Frost 2

First caps

4 England debuts

21 Mar Georgia Stevens v Scotland · Flanker
21 Mar Linda Uttley v Scotland · Lock
5 May Joanne Yapp v Ireland · Scrum-half
5 May Trudi Collins v Ireland · Centre

Oldest first

Every Red Roses match of 1998

9 results

Every Red Roses match of 1998, oldest first
Date	Match	Competition	England scorers	Outcome
1 Feb	France 5–13 EnglandWomen's Test matches	Women's Test matches	Sue Day, Penalty try, Claire Frost	England won
15 Feb	Wales 12–29 EnglandWomen's Home Nations Championship	Women's Home Nations Championship	Helen Clayton 10', Jayne Molyneux 13', Nicky Crawford 24', Sue Day 79', Pip Atikson-Kennedy 80'	England won
21 Mar	Scotland 8–5 EnglandWomen's Home Nations Championship	Women's Home Nations Championship	Pip Atikson-Kennedy 22'	England lost
5 Apr	England 62–8 IrelandWomen's Home Nations Championship	Women's Home Nations Championship	Trudi Collins 4', Jayne Molyneux 15', Trudi Collins 17', Jayne Molyneux 34', Jayne Molyneux 40', Joanne Yapp 46', Helen Clayton 49', Susie Appleby 60', Kate Knight 71', Kate Knight 74'	England won
2 May	Sweden 0–75 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup	Women's Rugby World Cup	Nicky Crawford, Helen Clayton, Trudi Collins, Claire Frost, Paula George, Jo Poore, Terri Siwek, Nicky Crawford, Jo Poore, Terri Siwek, Nicky Crawford, Nicky Crawford, Nicky Crawford	England won
5 May	Canada 6–72 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup	Women's Rugby World Cup	Susie Appleby, Nicky Crawford, Gillian Burns, Trudi Collins, Paula George, Jayne Molyneux, Penalty try, Trudi Collins, Jayne Molyneux, Penalty try, Jayne Molyneux, Jayne Molyneux	England won
9 May	Australia 13–30 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup	Women's Rugby World Cup	Linda Uttley, Emma Mitchell, Paula George, Joanne Yapp, Nicky Crawford	England won
12 May	New Zealand 44–11 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup	Women's Rugby World Cup	Jayne Molyneux	England lost
16 May	Canada 15–31 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup	Women's Rugby World Cup	Susie Appleby, Nicky Crawford, Sue Day, Paula George, Kate Knight, Emma Mitchell, Jayne Molyneux, Joanne Yapp, Susie Appleby, Sue Day, Paula George, Sue Day, Sue Day	England won