Atkin-Davies scores four as England beat Canada

England: (21) 45

Tries: Kildunne, Atkin-Davies 4, Breach, MacDonald; Cons: Aitchison, Rowland 4

Canada: (5) 12

Try: Tuttosi, Farries; Con: De Goede

Lark Atkin-Davies scored four of England’s seven tries as the Red Roses maintained their 100% winning record in WXV1 by beating Canada in Dunedin.

Ellie Kildunne gave England an early lead, while Jess Breach and Claudia MacDonald also crossed in a bonus-point win for the world’s number one team.

Their final game is against New Zealand on Saturday, 4 November (06:00 GMT).

Emily Tuttosi and Paige Farries touched down either side of half-time for Canada, who were beaten for the first time in the competition.

More to follow.

Line-ups

England: Kildunne; Dow, Rowland, Reed, MacDonald; Aitchison, Hunt; Carson, Atkin-Davies, Bern, Aldcroft, O’Donnell, Talling, Packer, Matthews.

Replacements: Powell, Botterman, Muir, Galligan, Allen, Wyrwas, Heard, Breach.

Canada: Lachance; Farries, Seumanutafa, Tessier, Symonds; Gallagher, Apps; Hunt, Tuttosi, Menin, Beukeboom, Holtkamp, Senft, Svoboda, De Goede.

Replacements: Boag, Kassil, Ellis, Smith, Pelletier, Cline, Schell, Grant.