With a 59-7 victory against Scotland in Leicester on Saturday, England extended their push for another Women’s Six Nations championship.
After France, who are also undefeated, overcame Italy 34-21 earlier in the day, the victory put England back at the top of the leaderboard.
Following their victory, England will play France in the Grand Slam final at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham the following week.
Once again, John Mitchell’s team scored a significant amount of points to close the gap to 184, giving up just one try.
The tries were shared around in the first half with the forwards getting their rewards as prop Kelsey Clifford and back rowers Marlie Packer and Zoe Aldcroft crossed the line.
Winger Claudia MacDonald then earned her first and England were quickly out of sight and cruising to another Six Nations victory.
Lock Abby Ward and hooker Lark Atkin Davies added two more tries to England’s tally before the break and Scotland looked down and out after 40 minutes.
The defending champions picked up where they left off in the second half with a scintillating show of attacking rugby as they went from one end of the pitch to the other, passing it through the hands with ease before MacDonald finished the job under the posts with her second.
Scotland then got their only points of the afternoon with centre Lisa Thomson scoring before Helen Nelson slotted the conversion.
Abby Dow then responded with a pair of tries at the end, the first a remarkable individual effort in which she single handedly fended off three Scotland defenders, powering down the right wing to score a sensational try.
Earlier on Saturday, France kept their Grand Slam hopes alive with a tight win over Italy in Parma.
Italy held a surprise 21-12 lead at halftime before France ran in three unanswered tries to win 34-21.
England host France at Twickenham next Saturday in a title decider, while Scotland face Ireland.
