Rugby
England survive mighty fright against France to claim Women’s Six Nations grand slam again

There will be a great many more in the audience at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham should England make the World Cup final on home soil later this year, but if this thunderous encounter is to prove a dress rehearsal, there is some occasion in store. This was a fierce, frenetic and frankly fabulous collision of contrasts, France giving the Red Roses the precise sort of fright they perhaps required if they are to fulfil their destiny come September.