England beat Ireland 33-12 at Allianz Stadium in their first match since winning the World Cup - match report
Record Women's Six Nations crowd of 77,120 watch England start their bid for eighth successive title
Captain Meg Jones named player of the match as England win 34th consecutive Test match
Two Sarah Bern tries and one from Amy Cokayne gave dominant England 21-0 half-time lead
Jess Breach scored her 54th England try to clinch bonus point before Anna McGann replied
Ellie Kildunne raced clear to touch down but captain Erin King scored battling Ireland's second try
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England v Ireland (14:25 BST)
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Alastair Telfer
BBC Sport at Allianz Stadium
76,667 and counting…
That’s the latest number of ticket sales.
The record crowd for a Women's Six Nations game is 58,498 for the Grand Slam decider between England and France in 2023.
September's World Cup final took place in front of 81,885 fans at Allianz Stadium - a record for a women's rugby match.
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Zoe Stratford
England's World Cup winning captain on BBC One
It is incredible to be here on the other side, I do have a little bit of 'fomo' (fear of missing out). I am enjoying being a fan and being on the other side of it. They are going to be incredible here today and we love playing at the Allianz.
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Ireland Rugby
Erin King will make her first international appearance in a year as she captains Ireland today.
King missed the World Cup last year after she sustained a knee injury in the defeat by the Red Roses in the 2025 Six Nations.
She is joined in the back row by Brittany Hogan and Aoife Wafer, who was the Six Nations player of the championship in 2025 but had an injury-hit year.
Former England prop Ellena Perry will make her first Six Nations appearance for Ireland after switching allegiances ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
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England Rugby
England utility back Helena Rowland will start at inside centre in a much-changed team.
Centre Tatyana Heard has been a regular under head coach John Mitchell and started the Rugby World Cup final win over Canada in September, but was ruled out of the Six Nations with a foot injury.
Rowland, who has played for her country in every backline position other than scrum-half, is one of eight changes to the starting team that won England's first World Cup in 11 years.
There is a fresh half-back pairing with Lucy Packer and Holly Aitchison coming in for Natasha Hunt and Zoe Harrison.
Loughborough Lightning lock Lilli Ives Campion replaces Bristol Bears lock Abbie Ward - one of four England women's players to announce they are pregnant.
Megan Jones will captain the side after Zoe Stratford announced her pregnancy in March.
Retired England wing Abby Dow, a mainstay under Mitchell, is replaced by Exeter Chiefs Claudia Moloney-MacDonald,
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Alastair Telfer is at Allianz Stadium and has lots of photos and opinions from fans in the build-up, but first, here's the team news.
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BBC One
Coverage from south-west London is already under way on the BBC.
England's World Cup winning captain Zoe Stratford, Katy Daley-McLean, Maggie Alphonsi and Anna Caplice are with Ugo Monye ahead of kick-off at 14:25 BST.
There's plenty of Six Nations action today, France and Italy are already doing battle - and you can watch that here - and Wales take on Scotland at 16:40 BST.
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It has been 196 days since England clinched their third World Cup at Allianz Stadium at the start of autumn.
Since then we've had an at times wet and wild winter, but now spring has finally sprung and the Red Roses start their quest for an eighth Six Nations title in a row by taking on Ireland.
Let's go!
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