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Red Roses · The year in full

2022⁠

Red Roses played 13 matches in 2022: won 12, drew 0 and lost 1, scoring 677 and conceding 127.

Tournaments and series

Biggest win of 2022

South Africa 0–75 England

22 October · Women's Rugby World Cup

Played132022
Won1292% of matches
Drawn0
Lost1Points 677–127

Tries of the year

Top scorers

  1. Marlie Packer 10
  2. Lydia Thompson 7
  3. Amy Cokayne 6
  4. Abby Dow 5
  5. Connie Powell 5
  6. Lark Atkin-Davies 5
  7. Poppy Cleall 5
  8. Sarah Bern 5
  9. Abbie Ward 4
  10. Claudia Moloney Macdonald 4

First caps

1 England debut

Oldest first

Every Red Roses match of 2022

13 results

Every Red Roses match of 2022, oldest first
DateMatchCompetitionEngland scorersOutcome
26 Mar Scotland 5–57 EnglandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations Marlie Packer 8', Poppy Cleall 12', Heather Cowell 21', Abby Dow 25', Marlie Packer 29', Leanne Infante 41', Holly Aitchison 52', Connie Powell 62', Marlie Packer 65' England won
3 Apr Italy 0–74 EnglandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations Sarah McKenna 3', Lydia Thompson 15', Lark Atkin-Davies 21', Shaunagh Brown 27', Alex Matthews 34', Lydia Thompson 41', Vicky Fleetwood 49', Sarah Bern 51', Emma Sing 63', Emily Scarratt 67', Sarah McKenna 74', Lydia Thompson 79' England won
9 Apr England 58–5 WalesWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations Lark Atkin-Davies 14', Abbie Ward 21', Jess Breach 34', Lark Atkin-Davies 44', Jess Breach 51', Sarah Bern 54', Alex Matthews 63', Shaunagh Brown 70', Emily Scarratt 74', Sarah Hunter 81' England won
24 Apr England 69–0 IrelandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations Lark Atkin-Davies 2', Sarah Bern 17', Marlie Packer 41', Lark Atkin-Davies 45', Lydia Thompson 51', Poppy Cleall 55', Hannah Botterman 61', Poppy Cleall 64', Ellie Kildunne 67', Ellie Kildunne 72', Lydia Thompson 76' England won
30 Apr France 12–24 EnglandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations Sarah Bern 13', Abbie Ward 18', Sarah Bern 26' England won
3 Sep England 52–14 United StatesWomen's Test matches · World Cup warm-up Women's Test matches · World Cup warm-up None England won
14 Sep England 73–7 WalesWomen's Test matches · World Cup warm-up Women's Test matches · World Cup warm-up None England won
8 Oct Fiji 19–84 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup Claudia Moloney Macdonald 4', Amy Cokayne 17', Abbie Ward 26', Helena Rowland 37', Amy Cokayne 41', Zoe Stratford 44', Lydia Thompson 49', Lydia Thompson 52', Claudia Moloney Macdonald 55', Abby Dow 58', Leanne Infante 64', Claudia Moloney Macdonald 69', Connie Powell 73', Claudia Moloney Macdonald 76' England won
15 Oct France 7–13 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup Emily Scarratt 23' England won
22 Oct South Africa 0–75 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup Rosie Galligan 5', Poppy Cleall 23', Rosie Galligan 28', Shaunagh Brown 31', Connie Powell 35', Connie Powell 40', Marlie Packer 50', Rosie Galligan 52', Poppy Cleall 58', Sadia Kabeya 61', Abby Dow 63', Connie Powell 68', Sadia Kabeya 77' England won
30 Oct Australia 5–41 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup Sarah Hunter 7', Marlie Packer 29', Marlie Packer 37', Abbie Ward 42', Amy Cokayne 52', Alex Matthews 64', Marlie Packer 79' England won
5 Nov Canada 19–26 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup Marlie Packer 8', Abby Dow 14', Abby Dow 49' England won
12 Nov New Zealand 34–31 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup Ellie Kildunne 2', Amy Cokayne 12', Marlie Packer 20', Amy Cokayne 31', Amy Cokayne 53' England lost

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