Emily Cooke scored three tries, including the opener after 12 minutes. Nicki Jupp, Jo Yapp and Paula George also added to the Spanish misery with tries. Worcester full back Kim Shaylor picked up her first England cap when she replaced George after 83 minutes.

Head coach, Geoff Richards was hugely positive after the game and full of praise for his England side: "It was a very pleasing result in great conditions. We played very, very well and despite the margin at half time we kept trying to play our own game at pace. Sometimes it didn't come off but we scored some great tries. Spain came back at us in the second half and we had to fight but we had too much pace for them out wide."

England travel to Netherdale RFC, Galashiels, next Saturday, to take on Scotland before their opening home game against Ireland at Twickenham on 6th March. Richards commented: "next week will be an entirely different kettle of fish against Scotland. They are playing at home and will be fired up after beating Wales 30-10 yesterday."

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Scoring Sequence:
Min Player   Score 
12 Emily Cooke  0-5 Try
12 Shelley Rae  0-7 Conv
21 Nicky Crawford  0-12 Try
21 Shelley Rae  0-14 Conv
24 Nicki Jupp  0-19 Try
24 Shelley Rae  0-21 Conv
34 Nicky Crawford  0-26 Try
34 Shelley Rae  0-28 Conv
38 Nicki Jupp  0-33 Try
43 Nicky Crawford  0-38 Try
43 Shelley Rae  0-40 Conv

Half Time Score   Spain 0- England 40 

48 Spain   3-40 Conversion Of Penalty
55 Nicky Crawford  3-45 Try
55 Shelley Rae  3-47 Conv
59 Jo Yapp  3-52 Try
63 Paula George  3-57 Try
73 Emily Cooke  3-62 Try
73 Shelley Rae  3-64 Conv
86 Emily Cooke  3-69 Try
86 Shelley Rae  3-71 Conv

Full Time Score   Spain 3 - England 71

Scorers: 
Nicky Crawford  20 points
Shelley Rae  16
Emily Cooke  15
Nicki Jupp  10
Jo Yapp  5
Paula George  5

Replacements sequence:
19 Jenny Lyne for Claire Frost
65 Karen Andrew for Assunta De Biase
72 Amy Garnett for Selena Rudge
72 Sharon Whitehead for Maxine Edwards
72 Susie Appleby for Jo Yapp
83 Kim Shylor (New Cap) for Paula George
83 Helen Flippance for Jenny Sutton

England Team:
1.   Maxine Edwards (Saracens) Captain
2.   Selina 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
9.   Joanne Yapp (Worcester)
10. Shelley Rae (Wasps)
11. Emily Cooke (Richmond)
12. Assunta De Biase (Saracens)
13. Nicki Jupp (Richmond)
14. Nicola Crawford (Worcester)
15.   Paula George (Wasps)
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  12.30pm(LT) Zaragoza, Pinares de Venecia           
England v Scotland  21 February      1pm    Gala Shiels RFC
England v Ireland     6 March          TBC  Twickenham
England v Wales      20 March              1pm  The Stoop Memorial Ground
England v France     27 March   4pm(LT) Bourg-en-Bresse

Ticket information:

England v Ireland - SOLD OUT

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