England beat South Africa 75-0 to book Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Australia | Rugby Union News

England’s victory means they finish top of Pool C and continue their impressive unbeaten run; the Red Roses have now won 28 consecutive Test matches; England’s victory also means that Wales progress into the quarter-finals as one of the two best third-placed teams in the pools

Rosie Galligan scored three tries for England during the contest

England’s Red Roses are through to the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup after a 75-0 result against South Africa.

England scored 13 tries in total during the match with Rosie Galligan and Connie Powell both gaining hat-tricks. Poppy Cleall and Sadia Kabeya picked up braces as England led 29-0 at half-time.

The Red Roses have now won 28 consecutive Test matches. England’s victory also means that Wales will move into quarter-finals as one of the two best third-placed teams in the pools.

England will take on Australia in the quarter-finals while Wales face-off against hosts New Zealand.

Canada and the USA will meet each other and France will take on Italy.

The quarter-finals start on Saturday, October 29 with two matches taking place in Whangarei and then the other matches will be played on the Sunday in Auckland.

Marlie Packer was selected to lead England for the first time as captain and she was delighted with the Roses’ performance.

“I’m super happy,” Packer said to ITV Sport. “We said it was going to take all 23 of us to get the job done and that’s what happened. I’m just super proud to lead this team out and put a result on like we did.

“We’ve worked on things in training since the France game. There were a lot of [personnel] changes, a lot of first starts in a World Cup and we can take a lot from this game to build into the quarter-finals now.

“It was just a massive honour for the coaches to believe in me and to lead the team out. It was just amazing.”

The only blot on England’s copybook following the 75-0 result was a yellow card picked up by Sarah Bern on the brink of full-time.

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