Great game, thought she might have passed to Ellie Kildunne, also a former wasp, who was really matching her for speed, but she backed herself and was a great try.
Firstly, that was a simply superb try and was genuinely a team effort even if Claudia McDonald and Abby got the lions share of the credit. The defensive shift from the forwards to counter-ruck and turn over possession in what was a dangerous attack from Canada, then the vision and sheer nerve to spin the ball wide behind our goal line, Claudia's astonishing, jinking run and Abby's pace and delightful hand-off was one of the best moves I've seen on a rugby pitch for some time.
Must admit that I was screaming for Abby to pass to Kildunne when it looked like the defence was closing her down but then her pace got her clear. Kildunne really should have cut inside a little more to keep the defence guessing but academic really.
Finally, as many, many people have said, restart should have been a penalty to England for the needless, petulant and dangerous way the Canadian winger went knee first into Abby after she had grounded the ball. You see it a lot and it doesn't get penalised often enough for my liking, really cowardly.
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