ROWLAND'S ON FIRE AS RED ROSES POWER TO RECORD WIN

HELENA ROWLAND made history as England delivered a record-breaking victory to secure their place in the World Cup quarterfinals.

- HELENA ROWLAND

A hat-trick for Jess Breach (above) and brace for Meg Jones helped England crush Samoa at Franklin's Gardens.

But the star was the brilliant Loughborough Lightning fly-half Rowland (below), playing on her home ground, as she kicked 11 of her conversions and scored a try to run up a record 27 points for an English player in a World Cup game.

She said: “The conditions were not in our favour but we adapted and played some really nice rugby.

“I love this ground, whether it’s in club or England colours, to come in and play fly half and hopefully do a decent job, that was the aim.”