England head coach Simon Middleton delighted with start to Women's Six Nations
Tuesday 14 February 2017 16:10, UK
Head coach Simon Middleton says England have a clear focus about where they want to be as they try and lift their first Women’s Six Nations title since 2012.
England overturned a 13-point deficit to beat last year's winners France 26-13 in their Six Nations opener before crushing Wales 63-0 at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.
"We've set our stall out accordingly and we're looking to improve game-on-game," Middleton told Sky Sports News HQ.
"We recognise we had a tough start to the tournament against the reigning champions before playing Wales in Wales, so we are really pleased with where we are.
"We are very aware that it's been a while since we lifted the trophy and it's a great ambition of ours because it is a major competition.
"We're going game-by-game but we have a clear focus of where we want to be."
Worcester's Lydia Thompson was England's standout performer against Wales, scoring three of England's 11 tries on Saturday.
"I did not expect to get three tries I just think I was really lucky to get on the end of some really fantastic play and clinical work from our forwards," she said.
"They stole a couple of lineouts and performed well in the scrum and the set pieces. It was a winger's dream really. I just waited there, waited for the ball to come to me, and did my job."
Ireland also boast a 100 per cent record in the Six Nations and host England in their final game in what could be a title decider.
But England skipper Katy McLean is not prepared to look further ahead than their next match with Italy in just under a fortnight.
She said: "Every side comes into this competition to win it. It's no different for us but our next challenge is Italy then we have Scotland before Ireland.
"But two wins from two is where we want to be going into a weekend off but when we come back it will all be about Italy."
