'a Lot More Coming' From 'scary' England Pack

The imaginable of England's guardant battalion is "scary" pursuing a 69-7 opening Rugby World Cup win complete nan United States, says New Zealand World Cup victor Ruby Tui.

Six of nan Red Roses' 11 tries successful Sunderland came done their forwards, pinch their scrum dominating for nan full game.

Head coach John Mitchell offered post-match praise but made it clear nan beforehand 8 are still not playing to their afloat potential.

"What stood retired for maine arsenic nan scariest point is that Mitchell said that 'yes our guardant battalion did awesome but location is truthful overmuch near successful that tank'," Tui told BBC One.

"I judge that. There is truthful overmuch much that nan Red Roses guardant battalion tin give, which if you look astatine nan first half pinch Hannah Botterman's steals and really good Sadia Kabeya played, that is scary.

"There is simply a batch much coming from this Red Roses guardant pack."

The fixture drew nan highest crowd successful Women's Rugby World Cup history, a turnout of 42,723 beating nan 42,579 who watched New Zealand - featuring Tui - triumph nan last successful 2022 astatine Eden Park.

Mitchell's broadside showed early nerves astatine their first location World Cup since 2010, particularly erstwhile dealing pinch nan restart, pinch handling errors besides proving costly successful nan first half.

Former England skipper and World Cup victor Maggie Alphonsi sensed immoderate vexation from Mitchell.

The Red Roses caput coach confirmed he will rotate his squad for nan 2nd excavation crippled against Samoa adjacent Saturday truthful everyone has played, which could further impact cohesion.

"Mitchell is not happy pinch that performance," Alphonsi told BBC One.

"He will return distant that England were not accurate. They had six weeks together and didn't really execute.

"It is absorbing to spot really he reacts arsenic he will expect much from his 2nd group erstwhile they travel retired against Samoa.

"They will want to put retired a capacity that shows what they tin do arsenic you person to build it up."

England past became world champions successful 2014 and are connected a 28-game winning run, having not mislaid since nan World Cup last conclusion by New Zealand successful 2022.

Simon Middleton, who was successful complaint of England for that showpiece crippled 3 years agone and nan 2017 last nonaccomplishment to nan Black Ferns, disagreed that Mitchell would beryllium unhappy pinch nan opening performance.

"I deliberation Mitchell will beryllium each correct pinch that arsenic it was a difficult game," Middleton told BBC One.

"You train, train, train and it was a emblematic opening crippled of nan World Cup. The biggest point is that it looks for illustration they person travel retired of it pinch nary injuries, which is truthful important, peculiarly astatine half-back.

"I thought their subject was fantastic. Games for illustration that tin get loose. I thought they were fierce astir nan interaction area.

"The set-piece was awesome and nan scrum was fantastic. They played pinch existent tempo. There are ever things to hole up."