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Women's Home Nations Championship
England: Champions (Grand Slam)
How England performed
England won the 1996 Women's Home Nations Championship with a Grand Slam, winning all three of their matches. They opened with a 56–3 victory over Wales at Leicester.
The remaining two games were much closer. England beat Scotland 12–8 at Meggetland Stadium, Edinburgh, and then defeated Ireland by the same score, 12–8, at Sunbury to complete a clean sweep. Across the three matches England scored 80 points and conceded 19.
England fixtures
England
56–3
Wales
England won
England tries: Paula George, Julie Twigg, Andrea Wallace, Jayne Molyneux, Emma Mitchell, Helen Clayton, Gillian Burns, Jayne Molyneux
Wales tries: None
Scotland
8–12
England
England won
England tries: Paula George 54', Jacquie Edwards 80'
Scotland tries: Donna Kennedy 80'
Ireland
8–12
England
England won
England tries: Jayne Molyneux 10', Jane Gregory 15', Andrea Wallace 20', Jayne Molyneux 45', Jacquie Edwards 52', Giselle Mather 58', Gillian Burns 68'
Ireland tries: Deidre Fitzgerald 77'
England statistics
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