In her second BBC Sport column of the 2021 Women’s Six Nations, England prop Shaunagh Brown critiques their win against Scotland and discusses fantasy rugby and the importance of a good hairstyle.
England beat Scotland 52-10 in our Women’s Six Nations opener on Saturday, but now we have to look at ourselves honestly after we let chances go to waste in that game.
We are always looking ahead to the World Cup, which has been postponed to September 2022, and in our review on Sunday morning hosts New Zealand were mentioned.
Against Scotland, we switched off and they scored a try. You cannot give something easy like that away to New Zealand.
Last time we played France we won by a point, so it is about taking our chances when we get them.
We cannot get bored of doing the right thing and going through processes that work for us. We do not have to do spectacular things.
If the forwards need to carry nine times in a row, that might be boring to watch and it is just as boring to do sometimes. But if that is what we need to do, then that is what we have to carry on doing.
With the World Cup in mind, there is talk of squad rotation from our head coach Simon Middleton.
He has put everyone at ease by saying they want to look at different players, it is not because of anything we have done in the game.
You need to have people who can slot in and out in a World Cup squad. No matter what, you always want a start.
When he says about squad rotation there will still be something in the back of people’s minds thinking they could have started if they had played a bit better.