By Julia Hutton
June 15 2014
England Women were crowned European Grand Prix Plate champions in Brive and finished third overall in the two-leg series.
England, who won the Cup competition in last weekend’s first leg in Moscow, couldn’t match their efforts this weekend in France after being knocked out in the quarter finals stages by Spain (14-19) this morning. That defeat pitted England against Germany in the Plate semi-finals, a side they had defeated 33-7 on Saturday, and today they bettered that effort running in 40-0 winners with Megan Jones, Emily Scott (2), Amy Wilson-Hardy, Sophie Lee and skipper Abigail Chamberlain all scoring. The Plate final then saw England take on Portugal and England made relatively light work of that final, taking a 14-0 victory with a brace of tries from Natasha Brennan and two conversions from Thurrock player Scott. England Sevens Head Coach Simon Middleton said: “Obviously we would have loved to have won this leg as well but we didn’t come here expecting that and we are actually pleased to still come home with some silverware. This is a young squad and this is a huge development curve for many of the players which is really only going to stand them in good stead for the future.” England Natasha Brennan (Richmond) Megan Jones (Cardiff Quins) Abigail Chamberlain (Richmond) C Hannah Field (Richmond) Alexandra Matthews (Richmond) Sophie Lee (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks) Francesca Matthews (Richmond) Sarah McKenna (Saracens) Leanne Riley (Saracens) Emily Scott (Thurrock) Joanne Watmore (Richmond) Amy Wilson-Hardy (Bristol) FIRA/AER Brive Playing schedule: Saturday, June 14 England 33 Germany 7 Tries: Scott, Brennan (2), Wilson-Hardy, Watmore Conversions: Scott (4) England 33 Wales 7 Tries: McKenna (2), Riley, Scott (2) Conversions: Scott (3), McKenna England 7 France 17 Tries: McKenna Conversions: McKenna Sunday, June 15 England 14 Spain 19 Tries: Watmore, Wilson-Hardy Conversions: Scott (2) England 40 Germany 0 Tries: Jones, Scott (2), Wilson-Hardy, Lee, Chamberlain Conversions: Scott (5) England 14 Portugal 0 Tries: Brennan (2) Conversions: Scott (2) |
