England Women's Rugby League Lose 78-0 to Australia

England Women's Rugby League suffered a heavy defeat to Australia in their World Cup match. The Jillaroos, as the Australian team is known, won the one-sided contest 78-0, scoring 15 tries. Australia led 36-0 at half-time, and Jaime Chapman scored two tries early in the match.

England had won their opening game 70-6 against Wales, a result that showed the team had started the tournament strongly. The loss to Australia did not cause a serious drop in morale. Head coach Stuart Barrow said his team had competed well for 70 minutes and that the players had tried to stay in the contest.

Barrow pointed out that in a match against the same opponent in Las Vegas 19 months ago, England lost 90-4, and that some of the players had a different experience this time. In his view, the younger squad is still developing, and this match was an important learning opportunity.

England must win their final group match against Samoa. A victory is needed for them to finish second in Group A and advance to the knockout stage. Barrow said the players did not want to go home and were ready to produce their best performance against Samoa.