England comfortably defeat world champions New Zealand at the newly named Allianz Stadium.
England comfortably defeated world champions New Zealand at the newly renamed Allianz Stadium to enhance their favourites tag heading into next year's home Women's Rugby World Cup.to insurance company Allianz, was played in front of a crowd of 41,523.
Scrum-half Natasha Hunt added a fourth with a sharp finish, before winger Katelyn Vaha'akolo grabbed two tries for the visitors. England dominated New Zealand in their previous encounter at last year's WXV1, racing into an early lead thanks to three tries in 25 minutes, finishing asDespite not starting as fast on Saturday, their resilience was rewarded when Packer burrowed over from a maul for the first score at the renamed Allianz Stadium.
After another kickable penalty was turned down, full-back Kildunne danced her way under the posts to add England's third score.
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