The Red Roses would win their sixth straight Six Nations championship and third consecutive Grand Slam with a victory in Bordeaux on Saturday.
Although England has been cruising to massive wins in recent years, the tournament’s combative spirit has been lacking, but the championship game has always lived up to expectations.
In front of a record-breaking 58,498 women’s attendance at Twickenham last year, the difference between the two teams was only five points; the previous year, in Bayonne, it was 12 points, and in 2021, it was only four points.
Since their most recent Six Nations loss in 2018, the Red Roses have had the upper hand over their French competitors, but they have had to earn it.
Over the course of their four convincing wins over Italy, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, John Mitchell’s team had scored 38 tries.
They have only given up 20 points while scoring 228. Nobody has even approached the Red Roses’ level of defeat.
