England claimed their sixth successive Women's Six Nations title, and first with John Mitchell at the helm, with a 42-21 win over France.
In front of a record French crowd of 28,023, England won a third successive Grand Slam with five tries from the front line in an unbeaten 29th match in the competition.
First-half tries from Maud Muir, Alex Matthews, Megan Jones, Amy Cockayne and Marley Packer gave England a 21-point half-time lead with Gabriel Vernier and Maren Menager unable to close the gap.
Player of the match Matthews scored the second attempt after the break, as did Menager, but with France reduced to 14 players as a result of Assia Khalfaoui's red card, the gap was too great for the hosts to reduce.
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England's defense held strong in the second half to deny France the chance to get back into the game, and five tries in the first half set them up for an impressive foothold that led to the final result.
England started with a goal at Bordeaux as Muir crashed over the goal line past the posts in the fourth minute, duly converted by Bristol Bears' Holly Aitchison.
The second goal came eight minutes later as England once again broke through the French defence, this time through Matthews who slotted the ball across the whitewash.
France pulled back through an effort from Vernier who ran the perfect line to cut a gap in the Red Roses' line to score his first goal of the match, which was converted by Lina Kirui.
Leicester Tigers midfielder Jones collected a pass from Emily Pollard inside the France 22 to score England's third goal, doing the damage unchallenged after sliding through the smallest of gaps with a well-read pick, converted brilliantly again by Aitchison.
France pulled one back again within minutes, Menager scoring this time as Pauline Bourdon-Sansos provided a perfect pass for the winger who quickly slipped from England's grasp to score near the posts.
Despite France's best efforts, England went into the break with five tries to their name after two powerful strikes from the Red Roses, resulting in both Packer and Cocaine adding their names to the scoresheet before 40 minutes had passed. Thanks to five pinpoint conversions from Aitchison, John Mitchell's side led 35-14 at the break and were on their way to a successive Six Nations title.
The second half started negatively for France, as Al-Khalafaoui received her second yellow card in the tournament due to a header. This was later upgraded to a red card following a bunker review, leaving France with 14 men for the remaining 31 minutes.
Despite France's delay, the second half remained scoreless until the 69th minute, when Menager scored her second attempt. A brilliant one-handed shot from his teammate Vernier set up the attack that freed the winger to score the first points of the second half, converted by Kirui, who added to the three attempts scored by the hosts.
Menager was not the only player to score a brace, as English Matthews added her second goal after another strong effort from the attackers, finally penetrating the French defense consisting of 14 players. Aitchison converted to add the final points to the scoreboard and with it a perfect afternoon round from the tee.
In the 76th minute, Lucy Packer's heroics denied France a fourth try as she held them one-on-one, and England stayed ahead to pull away to secure a dominant 21-point win in a thrilling final of the 2024 Women's Six Nations.
England and France will compete in the WXV 1 tournament in Canada next September as England will look to defend their first title since last year.
Ireland will join them in Canada after an impressive last-round win in an attritional match against Scotland, which also saw them qualify for the 2025 Rugby World Cup.
The remaining three places in WXV 1 will be decided in the Pacific Four series which kicks off on Sunday 28 April with USA v Canada, and can be watched in the UK for free on RugbyPass TV here.
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