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Women's Six Nations
England: 4th
How England performed
The Red Roses' 2015 Women's Six Nations began with a 13–0 defeat by Wales at St Helen's in Swansea, an opening-round setback that left them chasing from the start. Their second away trip brought another defeat, Ireland edging a low-scoring match 11–8 at Ashbourne RFC in Meath.
Across the championship England won two matches and lost three, scoring 104 points and conceding 65, and finished fourth. The positive points difference showed they remained capable of beating opponents comfortably, but the two away defeats, in which they managed only eight points between them, proved costly. It was a marked decline from 2014, when the Red Roses had finished second and claimed the Triple Crown, and the losses to Wales and Ireland meant there was no Triple Crown this time.
England fixtures
Wales
13–0
England
England lost
England tries: None
Wales tries: Catrin Edwards 48', Laurie Harries 75'
England
39–7
Italy
England won
England tries: Alex Matthews 34', Abbie Ward 39', Ceri Large 60', Katy Daley-Mclean 72', Hannah Gallagher 77', Kay Wilson 79'
Italy tries: Flavia Severin 27'
Ireland
11–8
England
England lost
England tries: Harriet Millar-Mills 40'
Ireland tries: Larissa Muldoon 50'
England
42–13
Scotland
England won
England tries: Ruth Laybourn 1', Tamara Taylor 7', Justine Lucas 30', Rochelle Clark 36', Fiona Pocock 49', Ruth Laybourn 56', Lydia Thompson 62', Ruth Laybourn 79'
Scotland tries: Eilidh Sinclair 52'
England
15–21
France
England lost
England tries: Hannah Gallagher 57', Harriet Millar-Mills 72'
France tries: Gaelle Mignot 23', Jessy Tremouliere 67'
England statistics
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