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The message about winning the collision from the leadership team quickly came to fruition when Jess Breach burst down the wing to score a disallowed try just over 30 seconds into the second half.<\/p>\n
It was the start of a free-flowing half of rugby from the Red Roses, led by fly-half Harrison, who despite being known for her strong kicking game was lively with ball in hand.<\/p>\n
“I really enjoyed Zoe’s running game today, we know she can kick and distribute but I just liked how she got her head up early and saw space,” former England fly-half and 2014 World Cup-winner Katy Daley-Mclean told BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly.<\/a><\/p>\n “She was solving the problems in front of her, she is starting to develop into a really well-rounded 10 and coming into form at exactly the right time.”<\/p>\n The biggest swing came when Mitchell unloaded his bench, which saw replacement prop Sarah Bern score twice and Kelsey Clifford grab her first international try.<\/p>\n Mitchell made 13 changes to his starting XV from the opening win over Italy to the hammering of Wales in Cardiff as he aims to build “two teams”<\/a> before the World Cup.<\/p>\n “One thing England have is a massively good bench, Sarah Bern came on and was outstanding,” added Mclean.<\/p>\n “Kelsey Clifford and Maddie Feaunati were brilliant, the list is endless. They all came on and added.<\/p>\n “It is great for England as it is competition but they know that very few teams in the world can live with you for 80 minutes and your bench.”<\/p>\n England, who next face Scotland in Leicester next Saturday, are chasing a seventh Women’s Six Nations title in a row and a fourth successive Grand Slam.<\/p>\n France are the last team to beat the Red Roses in the Six Nations back in 2018 and, after a convincing win over Wales,<\/a> remain on course to set up a potential Grand Slam-decider at Allianz Stadium on 26 April.<\/p>\n Former Red Roses head coach Simon Middleton says England need to address how they begin games.<\/p>\n “They need to look at how they start the game, they struggled last week in the start against Wales and again this week,” Middleton told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n “What they do have is a great capacity to regroup themselves and that strength in depth, but against better sides they won’t get presented with as many opportunities.<\/p>\n “Other sides will not fall away as much as Ireland did.”<\/p>\n Come World Cup time – in front of what are likely to be record-breaking crowds – being calm and regrouping under pressure is certainly a handy skill to call upon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n