England produced a clinical attacking display in a nine-try win over New Zealand to move closer to retaining their WXV1 title in Canada.

Tonight’s action takes place at the Langley Events Centre in Vancouver, which has a capacity of 5,276 and is home to the Canadian ice hockey team Vancouver Giants. Hopefully we’ll see a sizeable crowd as the attendances have been pretty awful so far at WXV.

For some they are finishers, others have gone with game changers but now England’s Red Roses are calling on their “Super Eight” to make the difference at the end of games. Having struggled to maintain the momentum of their starters in two warm-up wins over France and New Zealand,

England captain Marlie Packer says her side no longer look at New Zealand as "invincible" before their match in WXV1 on Sunday in Vancouver.

Whisper it quietly, but England are getting rather good at beating New Zealand. On a bright day in Vancouver, they dismantled the world champions for the third time in less than a year with a convincing display as they took a step closer to defending their WXV crown.