A four-try haul by Marlie Packer helped England beat Italy 61-33 in the Women’s Six Nations to record a 37th consecutive Test victory.<\/p>\n
England secured a bonus point inside 14 minutes at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi but John Mitchell’s world champions were pushed afterwards and only held a 40-19 lead at the break.<\/p>\n
Packer added to her first-half brace with two more scores after the interval in a superb individual display to keep England on track for another grand slam ahead of next Sunday’s trip to France.<\/p>\n
England proved too much for Italy, despite a number of injuries for the Red Roses, as they won 61-33.\u00a0Emmanuele Ciancaglini – RFU\/The RFU Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Injury-hit England were forced into a last-minute change after Maddie Feaunati was ruled out, but they needed only four minutes to break the deadlock when Packer touched down Zoe Harrison’s kick.<\/p>\n
Amy Cokayne grabbed the first of a double five minutes later before Helena Rowland spotted a gap and raced over.<\/p>\n
When Mia Venner grabbed a fourth try for the visitors in the 14th minute to put England 26-0 up, Italy looked set for a long afternoon, but they responded with aplomb.<\/p>\n
Vittoria Vecchini got Italy on the board three minutes later before a penalty try for the hosts was followed by a Alissa Ranuccini score.<\/p>\n