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Marlie Packer’s red card sours England’s 97-7 World Cup warmup rout of Spain

Red Roses run in 15 tries on their way to victoryCaptain ‘very sorry’ after being sent off for reckless tackle England’s vice-captain Marlie Packer said she is “absolutely gutted” after being sent off in the crushing Women’s Rugby World Cup warmup victory over Spain, in which Helena Rowland scored a hat-trick.The veteran back-rower started as captain at Welford Road, with the full-time captain Zoe Aldcroft on the bench, and scored the second of England’s 15 tries early on. But she was sent off for a flying second-half tackle on Spain’s full-back Claudia Pẽna on 61min. Continue reading...

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