England's women win their opener

England won a decisive

victory in their first game in the women's rugby world cup on Friday

against Ireland.

Fi Pocock and Katherine

Merchant both scored in the first half of a hard fought game. Amy

Turner and Maggie Alphonsi both scored in the second half to gain

England the bonis points for scoring four tries.

Ireland pushed hard and

applied the pressure throughout the game but England's defense proved

strong enough and the Irish never managed to cross the line.

All in all a great

start to the England team even though their win wasn't enough to put

them at the top of the group as the USA defeated Kazakhstan 51-0 in

an impressive display of Rugby.

England's next game is

against Kazakhstan on Tuesday 24th.