Kildunne leads dominant England's Light fantastic

ENGLAND began their World Cup campaign in style, running in 11 tries against the United States at the Stadium of Light.

- By Rebecca Johnson

In front of a record-breaking crowd of 42,723, the world’s No.1-ranked side went ahead through Sadia Kabeya and Hannah Botterman before Erica Jarrell-Searcy responded for the USA.

After Alev Kelter was shown a yellow card for playing an opponent, Maud Muir and Ellie Kildunne scored in quick succession as England led 28-7 at the break.

In a ruthless second-half showing, the Red Roses went on to add a further seven tries as Abby Dow, Kildunne and Amy Cokayne all went over and Jess Breach and Lark Atkin-Davies ran in two tries each.