• England 33-12 Ireland

• Victory marred by injuries to Talling and Hunt

The Women’s Six Nations is still searching for a giantkiller, with the ever-dominant England not needing a consistent performance to overcome one of their main challengers in Ireland. So if people in Edinburgh see glasses of water shaking, trees being shoved to the floor and massive footprints on the ground next week, do not be alarmed, it’s just the Red Roses coming to town. Still, Ireland showed they had narrowed the gap as they cut the Red Roses’ winning margin to 21 points from 44 in last year’s tournament.

The overwhelming presence of the world champions will be diminished in round two at Murrayfield, as Morwenna Talling and Natasha Hunt were dealt long-term injuries. The exact prognosis has not yet been confirmed but the England head coach, John Mitchell, said he expected them to be ruled out for the rest of the tournament. The loss of Hunt is a blow but that of Talling is more significant, with four locks now missing because of injury or pregnancy.

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Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald leads out the players on her own as she makes her 50th appearance for Ireland.

The rest of the cast follows shortly after before the anthems get underway.

New team, new start and new learning. The freshness of the new girls has brought an enormous amount of energy.

I think our preparation has served us well. I think we are unfinished, we want to play a style of rugby that will bring us to the top again.