Having spent an hour with 14 players because of Lydia Thompson’s red card, the Red Roses had a five-metre line-out from which to maul themselves to glory. Instead, Joanah Ngan-Woo rose just high enough to flick the ball out of Abbie Ward’s grasp.

ENGLAND meet USA in the first clash of the Women’s Rugby World Cup at the Stadium of Light – and Red Rose are thrashing the Americans. World player of the year Ellie Kildunne will be