WXV Global Series: England beat USA 55–12 in rugby
England beat the USA 55–12 to finish their rugby year. Wales beat Japan 29–5, with Amy Williams scoring twice, and finished the WXV Global Series with three wins and one defeat, against the USA. Nel Metcalfe, Kelsey Jones and Sisilia Tuipulotu scored Wales’s other three tries.
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England beat the USA 55–12 in New Jersey on 30 October in both teams' final match of the calendar year.
Wales completed back-to-back wins over Japan in Kumagaya City to end their WXV Global Series campaign. Wales finished with three wins and one defeat, against the USA, having gone nine Tests without a win before the South Africa game.
Metcalfe scored the first of Wales’s five tries, with Jones and Williams also crossing before halftime. Tuipulotu scored after the break before Williams added her second try—a score made by grounding the ball in the opponents' in-goal area.
England and USA turn to next year’s tournaments
England next turns to the Women’s Six Nations, while the USA’s next competition is the 2027 Pacific Four tournament.
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