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England power to victory over France with dominant second-half display
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England Women powered to a 33-10 win over France after a dominant second-half display.
Amy Cokayne, Jess Breach and Alex Matthews scored in Grenoble while Emily Scarratt kicked 18 points.
Cokayne powered over after seven minutes as England raced into a 7-0 lead before Gaelle Hermet’s converted try levelled.
Caroline Drouin’s penalty edged France ahead but Scarratt’s own penalty ensured it was 10-10 at half time.
England quickly took control after the break as Matthews went over three minutes from the restart after excellent work from Helena Rowland.
Breach added England’s third two minutes later, with Scarratt converting again.
Two more Scarratt penalties completed the win as Grand Slam champions England sealed a second victory over France this year following their 19-13 Six Nations win in February.
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Well the other idea I had been toying with which I think is still used in football, is something like each pool winners of the Challenge Cup gets entry into the round of 16 etc (or whateveer equivalnt entry point we can come up with) in the Champions Cup.
Those T2 sides could play a pool or some simple comp with the bottom dwellers (that was actually something else I liked in Jones structure, he left out 2 English sides alltogehter, 4+4-2), and then come into the Challenge Cup when those top4 sides go up?
That idea just helps keep a nice balance for me. I like both comps having exactly the same structure, and raising 4 or so T2 sides requires that to break in some manner.
Neither. You have a situation where like the Stormers lose to la Rochelle in Ro16 but lose out to a lower performing league team in Benneton (5th place v 7th) just because they made it to the semis of Challenge Cup.
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