There will be a great many more in the audience at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham should England make the World Cup final on home soil later this year, but if this thunderous encounter is to prove a dress rehearsal,

England has won a seventh successive Women's Six Nations title after surviving a sensational France fightback by 43-42 at Twickenham.

England hold off a late France fightback to secure a fourth consecutive Women's Six Nations Grand Slam and a seventh straight title.