Crawford from Worcester ended her 51st  international with a hat trick to take her total to 51 tries.

Crawford commented: “Some days you play out on the wing and the ball never comes to you, but some days it does. It was absolutely fantastic to score my 50th try. It was a great occasion, a great place to do it, and a great team to do it for.”

England Head Coach Geoff Richards was pleased to see his team achieve another win. “We were perhaps a bit anxious playing at Twickenham and we tried to make things happen too quickly, but we have strength all over the park and it was a great win.”

England Captain Maxine Edwards picked up a knee injury after 57 minutes but was full of praise for her England side, playing at Twickenham for the second time ever. “It was a great feeling to run out at Twickenham again and we look forward to this again in the future. I felt we were very confident moving forward.”

England face Wales in the next Six Nations tie at The Stoop and look to continue their unbeaten run in the 2004 Championship.

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SCORING SEQUENCE
7 Rae (Pen) 3-0 
23 Penalty Try 8-0 
23 Rae  10-0 
27 Boyd (Irl) 10-5
35 Crawford 15-5 
40 Crawford 20-5 
40 Rae  22-5 
44 Crawford 27-5 
   
 Half Time Score 27-5

45 Neville (Irl) 27-10
61 De Biase 32-10 
69 George  37-10 
70 Rae  39-10 
71 Shaylor 44-10 
72 Andrew 46-10 
75 Cooke  51-10 
   
 Full Time Score 51-10 

SCORERS
Nicky Crawford 15
Shelley Rae  9
George   5 
De Biase  5
Shaylor  5
Cooke   5
Andrew  2
(Penalty Try  5)

ENGLAND WOMEN'S SQUAD
15  Paula George (Wasps)
14  Nicky Crawford (Worcester)
13  Nicki Jupp (Richmond)
12  Assunta De Biase (Saracens)
11  Emily Cooke (Richmond)
10  Shelley Rae (Wasps)
9  Jo Yapp (Worcester)
1  Maxine Edwards (Saracens) Captain
2  Selena Rudge (Worcester)
3  Vanessa Huxford (Wasps)
4  Jenny Sutton (Richmond)
5  Claire Green (Wasps)
6  Georgia Stevens (Clifton)
7    Helen Clayton (Saracens)
8  Claire Frost (Saracens) Vice Captain

REPLACEMENTS
16  Amy Garnett (Saracens)
17 Sharon Whitehead (Richmond)
18  Jenny Lyne (Saracens)
19  Helen Flippance ( Richmond)
20  Susie Appleby (Clifton)
21  Karen Andrew (Saracens)
22  Kim Shaylor (Worcester)

England Women's 2004 6 Nations Schedule:
 
England v Spain      15 February 2004   71 - 3 WIN
England v Scotland  21 February       20 - 7 WIN
England v Ireland     6 March 1pm    51-10 WIN

England v Wales      20 March      1pm    The Stoop Memorial Ground
England v France     27 March      4pm(LT)  Bourg-en-Bresse

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