Scotland 5-57 England LIVE RESULT: Red Roses run riot and HUMILIATE the Scots in Edinburgh – reaction
DEFENDING champions England have set the bar high with their opening Six Nations contest against the Scots.
After what initially was a slow start, the Red Rose's eventually pulled away securing EIGHT tries to achieve a 19th consecutive victory.
The Scots showed a plenty of heart and bravery to keep the score-line down in the second half.
But ultimately, England's class was too much for their Scottish opposition this afternoon.
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Scotland 0-0 England
2. England are well set up right on the edge of Scotland's 22 on the left hand side.
Bern finds herself in the wing position, but the prop knocks the ball forward as it's spun out to her.
Time for the first scrum of the game.
Scotland 0-0 England
1. It's a bit of a messy kick off but the hosts do just about manage to gather position.
Rollie clears downfield into the hands of Kildunne, who lines up England for a first attack of the game.
Peep - We're underway in Edinburgh!
There's the first kick of the 2022 TikTok Women's Six Nations!
It's Helena Rowland and England who get us underway in the sunshine in Edinburgh.
Here we go!
Here they come...
England are the first team to run out onto the pitch in Edinburgh.
And here come Soctland, led out by No8 Jade Konkel, on what is her 50th cap.
Skipper Rachel Malcolm and the rest of the home side follow.
Kick off is just moments away!
Auld enemy facing off
Today's Auld enemy clash is expected to draw in a record crowd for the DAM Health Stadium.
And so it should, with both teams in excellent form.
Scotland recently qualified for October's World Cup with a 59-3 win over Colombia.
England meanwhile have won the last THREE editions of this tournament.
Stage is set for KO
The DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh, located right next to Murrayfield, is ready and raring to go for the TikTok Six Nations opener.
There's not long left to wait either - with kick off just five minutes away.
Sit back and relax, this one should be an absolute belter.
Credit: Getty England's unbelievable autumn
Scarratt mentioned England's autumn campaign there, and what a campaign it was.
Four wins from four for the Red Roses, including thumping 43-12 and 56-15 wins over world champions New Zealand.
A victory over Canada followed, before the USA were swept aside 89-0.
Simon Middleton's side in fact have won their last 18 games on the bounce.
That's the size of the task facing Scotland today.
Scarratt back in the side
England centre Emily Scarratt is in the starting line up for the first time this season after recovering from a nasty leg break.
Speaking ahead of kick off, she says: "I'm trying not to see it as that because then you try and snatch at everything, whereas I'm just trying to get back in the groove of things.
"I want to get out there and just do what I do, you know I'm part of an unbelievable team at the moment.
"So many of the girls coming off the back of a fantastic autumn campaign, so yeah there's a few of us who haven't played for a while so we're just looking forward to getting back out there."
Simon Middleton speaks before KO
Here are the pre-match thoughts of Red Roses coach Simon Middleton.
He says: "I think every time we take the field we want to be at our very best but it's a great opportunity.
"We've got a fantastic day, what a great occasion and yeah along with Scotland we want to put a really good show on and entertain for sure."
Replacements for both sides
These are the options off the bench for both teams.
Scotland
16 Wright, 17 Cockburn, 18 Dougan, 19 O'Donnell, 20 Donaldson, 21 Law, 22 Smith, 23 Campbell
England
16 Powell, 17 Cornborough, 18 Cleall, 19 Beckett, 20 Matthews, 21 Packer, 22 Reed, 23 Sing
England starting XV in Edinburgh
And here's a look at how the Red Roses line up.
Backs
15 Kildunne, 14 Cowell, 13 Scarratt, 12 Aitchison, 11 Dow, 10 Rowland, 9 Infante
Forwards
1 Muir, 2 Davies, 3 Bern, 4 Galligan, 5 Ward, 6 Cleall, 7 Packer, 8 Hunter (c)
Scotland starting XV today
Here's a look at how the hosts line up against England this afternoon.
Backs
15 Rollie, 14 Lloyd, 13 Smith, 12 Thomson, 11 Gaffney, 10 Nelson, 9 Maxwell
Forwards
1 Bartlett, 2 Skeldon, 3 Belisle, 4 Wassell, 5 McMillan, 6 Malcolm (c), 7 McLachlan, 8 Konkel
Good afternoon rugby fans
Welcome to our live coverage of the TikTok Women’s Six Nations.
And what an opening clash it is, as the Auld enemy face of in Edinburgh to get the tournament underway.
England are the visitors to the DAM Health Stadium, looking to carry on where they left off last campaign.
Simon Middleton’s side won last year’s Covid affected tournament, where Scotland were also the opponents first time out.
The Red Roses ran out 52-10 winners on that day, and are unbeaten since 2019.
They are the heavy favourites for today’s TikTok Women’s Six Nations opener, especially with record points scorer Emily Scarrat back in the side after the centre recovered from a broken leg ahead of schedule.
Kick off in Edinburgh is 12pm - you won't want to miss it!