Was this England’s most impressive Grand Slam?
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Sara, Ugo and Katy Daley-McLean are podding pitch side immediately after the Red Roses won an eighth successive Six Nations title and fifth Grand Slam. Given the injuries, absentees and retirements - is this the best one yet? And does this latest triumph now make the Red Roses one of the greatest sports teams of all time? We chat to England centurion Marlie Packer who tells us she isn’t going to hang her boots up any time soon. We also pick our player of the tournament and look ahead to WXV Global Series in the autumn. Are John Mitchell's England young guns ready for a shot at Canada and New Zealand?
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| 0:11.0 | Live commentary from the biggest names and the biggest matches in the Premier League, |
| 0:14.8 | Champions League and internationals. |
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| 0:42.7 | England have won the Grand Slam. |
| 0:45.0 | We're still inside. |
| 0:47.4 | The Stad Atlantic. |
| 0:48.5 | Marley Packer has just smashed a massive trophy |
| 0:50.9 | onto our desk. |
| 0:51.9 | How do you feel Marley Packer? |
| 0:53.2 | Yeah, buzzing. |
| 0:59.5 | Sorry, top of the world, to be fair. We backed up the World Cup win with a Grand Slam win here in France. And I think, you know, people talked a lot in the week about how France |
| 1:04.6 | have improved. They were first in defence, first in attack. They grow throughout the game. But |
| 1:10.7 | we knew that we had the game |
| 1:12.4 | plan, we had the players to get the job done and I think we proved that today. |
| 1:15.8 | Can you talk me through your week because when I saw the team drop I was like, what? |
| 1:21.6 | And we were in our WhatsApp group and that's harsh and Mali back to back player the match. |
| 1:26.6 | For you having to digest that, probably be quite angry |
| 1:29.7 | because you're a competitor, you don't get 115 caps |
| 1:32.8 | without being competitive, having that chat |
| 1:35.2 | and then refocus into do and give the team |
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