USA 12-55 England: Red Roses return to winning ways as Claudia Moloney-MacDonald scores four tries in WXV Global Series
England's Red Roses score nine tries through Claudia Moloney-MacDonald (four), Meg Jones, Mia Venner, Bryony Field, Maddie Feaunati, Sadia Kabeya in WXV Global Series thrashing of USA in New Jersey; win sees Red Roses respond following shock back-to-back losses in Canada
Last Updated: 30/10/26 11:47pm
England's Red Roses responded to shock back-to-back defeats in Canada with a crushing 55-12 WXV Global Series victory over the USA in New Jersey, returning to winning ways.
John Mitchell's side entered the contest off the back of losing two Tests in a row for the first time in a decade, and having lost their 41-Test, four-year unbeaten run in Toronto.
A competitive first half against the USA saw 10 points in it at half-time, but the second half proved largely one-way traffic as England's superiority showed.
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In all, the Red Roses scored nine tries through wing Claudia Moloney-MacDonald (four), centre Meg Jones, wing Mia Venner, replacement hooker Bryony Field and back-rows Maddie Feaunati and Sadia Kabeya.
The USA scored two tries through loosehead prop Hope Rogers and replacement back Kate Zackary, but shipped three second-half tries in nine minutes with prop Mona Tupou in the sin-bin due to repeat scrum penalties.
Jones: We'll review this tour - we're hungry to get better
Red Roses captain Meg Jones said post-match:
"First of all, credit to the USA, I think they've come off the back of some amazing wins and gained so much momentum. They are doing such a good effort there, building and growing the game.
"For us, we just wanted to control the game and impose ourselves on them.
"When we got into it, we kept the ball and everyone was a threat at the line. That's when we were unstoppable.
"Off the back of two losses, we just wanted to learn, and we'll continue to learn. We've got so much feedback from this tour.
"We'll go and review it, reflect, and see where we can keep growing. Because I know there is so much growth in this team.
"We're hungry to be better."
Moloney-MacDonald: Tonight was about proving it to ourselves
Player-of-the-match Moloney-MacDonald said:
"This week was all about proving it to ourselves.
"We've obviously had three really tough games against Canada, and the last two weeks did not go the way we wanted it to go.
"For us, it was about learning as much as we possibly could from those two performances. A challenge we've never really been faced with previously.
"We spoke a lot about going out there and being fearless tonight. That's exactly what we did. We attacked it from minute zero to minute 80.
"I'm just so proud of the girls, the way we turned up today.
"That's what the Red Roses is all about."
Perris-Redding: We were in the game in first half - result does not take away our growth
USA co-captain Georgie Perris-Redding said:
"We were in it in the first half, and that was really tough because I was so proud of the girls.
"We came into this game confident, you've seen the streak we've had and we've been building.
"We lost it a bit in the second half, so it's frustrating.
"But I am so proud of the growth this team has made. Today's result does not take that away."
WXV Global Series: England's schedule and results
- England 48-15 Australia
- England 26-26 Canada
- England 26-19 New Zealand
- Canada 24-21 England
- Canada 31-22 England
- USA 12-55 England
