England 75-0 South Africa: Red Roses thrash Boks en route to World Cup last eight

England will play Australia in the quarter-finals of the World Cup next week.

The Red Roses ran in 13 tries as they defeated the South Africans.

Rosie Galligan, one of six England players making their first appearance in the tournament, scored her first try after six minutes.

In the 69th minute, Powell completed her hat- trick.

Sadia Kabeya scored the winning goal.

Wales will face New Zealand on Saturday in the last eight.

The Red Roses have won at least one match in every Rugby World Cup they have entered.

In the International Women's Rugby Series in Wellington, they beat Australia 53-10).

New Zealand or France are the likely victors in the other side of the draw, with a potential semi-finals with Canada and a final with Australia.

The tests will be more difficult than the ones the Springboks face.

Number eight Asza Hele and wing Nomawethu Mabenge were both from South Africa.

The team ranked 13th in the world was not as good as England.

The South Africa pack was stuck in reverse at both the scrum and a driven line-out after England had the ball in hand.

The rolling maul gave two tries for Galligan and one for Brown, who was called into the matchday squad after minor injuries forced Vickii Cornborough and Emily Scarratt to pull out.

South Africa went down the tunnel 29 points behind. They may still have thought they were lucky.

The second row could have been sent off for a shoulder to the chin of her teammate when she was yellow carded.

Within a minute of the restart, Powell scored her second score.

With the result out of the way, England showed the variety that will be needed in the knockout stages.

A delicious piece of interplay with Cleall served up captain Marlie Packer's 27th Test try before the South Africans opened the door for Galligan to gallop in.

The forwards and backs combined to give the Red Roses their best rugby of the tournament so far.

A rolling passage of play that swept across the width of the pitch and through the defence was capped off by replacement Kabeya.

Powell and Kabeya's short-range tries piled on more points after a flurry of three scores in 5 minutes.

The small print of individual performances will be more important than the score.

Lucy Packer was quick and clever in her decisions and delivery, while Galligan staked a claim to a second row spot for the knock out stages.

Heard was a busy, bustling presence in the middle of the field.

The coach will have to make some difficult selections.

Player of the match - Rosie Galligan

Teams

Galligan, O'Donnell, Talling, M Packer and Powell are members of the England team.

There are replacements for Cokayne, Cornborough, Bern, Kabeya, Infante, Scarratt, and the rest.

South Africa: Jordaan, Kinsey, Charlie, Botes, Latsha, Booi and Jacobs.

Potgieter, Cilliers, and Qawe were added to the team.