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• Marlie Packer hailed the dawn of a new era after England eased past Australia 42-7 in their WXV opener in Wellington cebo
  
  It was the first opportunity for the Red Roses to play on New Zealand soil since their heartbreaking World Cup final defeat to the Black Ferns a year ago, and they were comfortable, scoring six tries in all cebo
  
  The launch of WXV – a new international competition designed to revolutionise the women’s rugby landscape – gives the world’s number one side a chance to cement their status at the top of the world rankings, in spite of falling just short last year cebo
  
  On their way to the final, they had knocked off the Wallaroos 41-5, and almost exactly 12 months on, it was an identical margin of victory, although Packer fell just short of the hat-trick she managed in that quarter-final cebo
  
  RecommendedRevolutionising the women’s international rugby landscape – what is the WXV?Red Roses name squad for WXV without input from new head coach John MitchellWorld Cup winners New Zealand to host inaugural WXV tournamentEngland will feel they should have won by more, especially as they failed to score a point in the final 20 minutes despite playing with an extra player, but this was still a comprehensive victory with meetings against Canada and world champions New Zealand to come cebo
  
  “It was a great victory cebo
  
  The Aussies gave us a really good game,” Packer said cebo
  
  “We talk about courage and being courageous and we’re going to grow into this tournament and today was the start of that cebo
  
  “It’s a fantastic competition and we’re all excited to be here playing the top teams in the world, coming off the World Cup last year and keeping the legacy going in New Zealand cebo
  
  “I know the girls are really enjoying it over here cebo
  
  The camp is feeling really good we’re a new-look England side and enjoying the way we are playing cebo
  
  “We have new coaching staff and we’re pleased that John Mitchell is here now and we’re looking to keep growing and building into next week’s game cebo
  
  ”England made the perfect start, with Hannah Botterman crashing over from close range after just five minutes from a clever lineout move cebo
  
  Holly Aitchison converted to make it 7-0 cebo
  
  England stormed to victory in WXV opening match (AFP via Getty Images)Australia were looking very smooth with ball in hand, regularly opening up space out wide cebo
  
  But each time they seemed as though they might turn it into points, someone would get back to make the vital intervention cebo
  
  England, by contrast, were much more clinical, Alex Matthews and Jess Breach with the steal and then break to put Ella Wyrwas in to score, Aitchison converted from out wide cebo
  
  Try number three came after a big Packer charge saw Annabelle Codey sent to the sin-bin for an upright tackle cebo
  
  Against 14, England were never going to be stopped, the captain delivering the punishment from a rolling maul cebo
  
  That was soon followed by another, Breach with one of the easiest finishes off her international career as she coasted over untouched on the left after Australia had again struggled to contain a rolling maul cebo
  
  Aitchison converted both and England led 28-0 at half-time cebo
  
  Botterman was denied her second try shortly after half-time, but a rolling maul a few minutes later allowing Packer to double up, Aitchison again converting cebo
  
  Marlie Packer inspired England to victory against Australia in new WXV competititon (AFP via Getty Images)Successive penalties against Packer allowed the Wallaroos to set up a lineout five metres out cebo
  
  While it did not pay immediate dividends, a quick tap penalty from Layne Morgan saw replacement Ashley Marsters burst over from close range to get the Wallaroos’ first try cebo
  
  Carys Dallinger converted from out wide cebo
  
  Any hopes of a comeback were quickly squashed cebo
  
  England got back into the Australian 22 and former sevens standout Meg Jones showed her quick feet to dart through for the Red Roses’ sixth try cebo
  
  To add insult to injury, Codey put in a needless late hit on Wyrwas in the build-up, earning her second yellow card as a result and leaving Australia with 14 for the final quarter cebo
  
  That should have been the cue for the floodgates to open, but England were unusually sloppy in the final 20 minutes, and did well to avoid conceding again themselves at the end after Sarah Beckett was also sent to the sin-bin as England conceded four penalties in one passage of play cebo
  
  New head coach John Mitchell joined up with the team on Thursday after his role with Japan’s men’s team ended at the Rugby World Cup pool stage, and watched England romp to an impressive win cebo
  
  All matches will be broadcast live so back your nation on ITV X cebo
  
  More aboutEngland Women's RugbyJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3England lay down marker as women’s rugby enters new eraEngland lay down marker as women’s rugby enters new eraEngland stormed to victory in WXV opening matchAFP via Getty ImagesEngland lay down marker as women’s rugby enters new eraMarlie Packer inspired England to victory against Australia in new WXV competititonAFP via Getty ImagesEngland lay down marker as women’s rugby enters new eraThe WXV is a new-look women’s rugby competitionAFP via Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today cebo
  
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  On Saturday night, two fighters who embody the word heavyweight – every sense of it – will clash in Saudi Arabia cebo
  
  In one corner will be the reigning WBC champion, one of the biggest names in cebo boxing, Tyson Fury cebo
  
  In the other will be the former UFC champion, a man deemed the hardest hitter in combat-cebo sports history, Francis Ngannou cebo
  
  This crossover bout has its detractors yet still holds an air of intrigue, all based on the ‘what if’: What if Ngannou can land on Fury? What if one of those monstrous hands touches the Briton’s chin with the velocity and malicious intent that have come to define Ngannou’s fighting career, and which carried the Cameroonian to the UFC heavyweight title? For all his evasive guile, Fury, 35, has been put down numerous times, but he has never been beaten – not even by fighters with much greater cebo boxing pedigree than the 37-year-old Ngannou cebo
  
  The experiential gap understandably has most viewers doubting Ngannou’s chances in Riyadh, where he faces Fury in a proper, professional cebo boxing match; but what if?And if Ngannou is to win, how will he? Attacking Fury to the body? Battering him in the clinch? Backing him into a corner? Alex Pattle asked former two-weight world-champion boxer Carl Frampton, and Dan Hardy, an ex-UFC title challenger who now works with the Professional Fighters League – the MMA promotion where Ngannou will fight in 2024 cebo
  
  Here’s what they had to say cebo
  
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  AP: What was your initial reaction to the fight being announced?DH: “I was shocked cebo
  
  I expected Ngannou to have another fight before Tyson Fury, but I think it’s the wise thing to do to step straight in and keep the element of surprise on your side cebo
  
  If he’d have gone in there and fought someone else, Tyson would’ve been able to get reads before the fight even started cebo
  
  Jumping in at the deep end, even though it’s a bit crazy, increases his chances of winning cebo
  
  That was my first thought: It’s a surprise that it’s happening, but relief that Ngannou is getting it on his first shot cebo
  
  ”CF: “Initially I was disappointed, and that’s kind of taming it down a bit cebo
  
  Obviously we were hoping for Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk and that fell through, but now I’ve come round to the idea that this is a huge event cebo
  
  And we’ve got Fury vs Usyk off the back of it cebo
  
  I was always hopeful that fight would come about at some point, and I don’t wanna be talking as if Ngannou is gonna be a complete walkover for Fury, but I’m okay about it [because] the Fury vs Usyk fight has been made for some point in the future cebo
  
  Also, the money the guys are making with this event cebo
  
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  ”AP: Do fans need to be more understanding of fighters taking ‘money fights’?Carl Frampton, left, and Dan Hardy discussing Fury vs Ngannou (TNT cebo Sports cebo Boxing via YouTube)CF: “Maybe a little bit cebo
  
  cebo Boxing fans in particular are very opinionated, and I understand that they’re frustrated cebo
  
  But if you’re Tyson Fury and someone’s offering you a fight of this magnitude against a cebo boxing debutant, and there are talks of $30m – and $10m for Ngannou – how do you turn that down? It’s almost too good to be true cebo
  
  ”DH: “I think it's a bit different for MMA fans, because we’re still in new ground; the changes that Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor made in fighters’ purses and expectations for purses cebo
  
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  as a matchmaker, I’m still dealing with the repercussions of that! Fighters want ridiculous amounts of money, but the money is out there to be made by certain superstars cebo
  
  I honestly think it’s easier for a layman fan to understand why fighters would take these fights, because they focus so much more on the money cebo
  
  I think it’s more the purists who go, ‘I’m not interested in these fights!’ [To the layman], the money and pay-per-view buys almost represent the value of the fighter; to the purists, the value of the fighter is based on their technical ability and achievements cebo
  
  ”CF: “I hate to use the term ‘casual fan’, but there’s a big difference cebo between the purists and just the casual fan cebo
  
  I think you’ll win back [the purists] with Fury vs Usyk, but it’s all a bit trivial almost, because [most] fans are fickle cebo
  
  I’m expecting Fury to beat Ngannou and then fight Usyk, and it’ll almost be like the talk and criticism of the Ngannou fight will go away cebo
  
  ”AP: Do crossover events like Tommy Fury vs KSI and Logan Paul vs Dillon Danis risk putting fans off fights like Fury vs Ngannou?Ngannou, right, at an open workout in Riyadh this week (Getty Images)DH: “I personally think it’s all on the same spectrum – just at different points on the spectrum cebo
  
  That Misfits cebo Boxing card cebo
  
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  I’ll be honest, I was able to make peace with that whole genre of combat cebo sports much easier after that event, because it’s more like pro wrestling cebo
  
  The audience there, they’re not gonna buy a ticket to see ‘Canelo’ Alvarez; they’re not there for that, they’re there for the drama – for the security getting involved, for the plexiglass cages they put them in at the face-offs cebo
  
  It’s theatre with a combat-cebo sports flavour cebo
  
  ”AP: What is Ngannou’s chance of winning – as a percentage – in your opinion?CF: “There’s a lot of boxers who are almost anti-MMA, and I’m not cebo
  
  I understand what this is: I understand that Fury is a lifelong boxer, fighting a guy who’s had to perfect many different styles in MMA, so in that sense Ngnannou doesn’t have much of a chance cebo
  
  But to say that he has zero chance, I think, would be very, very wrong – because he’s a big, athletic man who can punch hard cebo
  
  He has a chance, but it’s very small cebo
  
  I hope I’m not being disrespectful to Francis; if you flip it on its head and do it in a cage, then it’s the same odds but reversed [in his favour] cebo
  
  It’s just, when you try to rationalise it, it’s his cebo boxing debut – and it’s against maybe the best heavyweight boxer on the planet cebo
  
  ”DH: “We’re definitely in single digits when it comes to percentages, but it’s the ‘what if’ that we’re tuning in for, right? Even if it’s a 0 cebo
  
  1 per cent chance that Ngannou is gonna land that shot, we’re all gonna sit and watch in case that happens cebo
  
  If it does, then he’s got the power to knock Fury out cebo
  
  The reason I feel this is an intriguing fight is because cebo
  
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  if you look at Ngannou against the likes of Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who’s got over 80 kickcebo boxing matches and moves with very traditional patterns, Rozenstruik was taken out very, very quickly – and ferociously – because Ngannou flew at him, coming from all kinds of different angles cebo
  
  You just can’t predict those things cebo
  
  Ngannou knocked out Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds (Getty Images)“Against Deontay Wilder, Fury was dealing with someone who’s got ferocious punching power but who’s got some basic fundamentals that make him a little bit predictable cebo
  
  If Ngannou starts patient and then starts winging those big shots from weird angles, which Tyson’s probably not anticipating, that elevates his chances – but they’re still incredibly slim cebo
  
  "CF: “That’s the thing cebo
  
  High-end boxers often talk about when they spar novice guys, it’s all really unorthodox; they’re not taught to defend against shots that are coming from [certain angles], and it can be a bit awkward at times cebo
  
  ”AP: We know that Ngannou needs to knock out Fury to win cebo
  
  But how does he knock out Fury?DH: “If I was trying to solve this problem for Ngannou, I’d say: We’re working with 90-degree corners in a cebo boxing ring, so that’s something I’d like to work towards cebo
  
  It’s gonna be difficult to back Tyson up, of course, and he’s very good at standing on his back foot and making his head feel like it’s a long way away cebo
  
  So, Ngannou has to work to the body and vary his target to potentially bring Fury’s hands down cebo
  
  Ngannou has thunderous punching, so if he lands to the ribs, he might open up an opportunity cebo
  
  If he’s just head-hunting, it’s not gonna happen cebo
  
  Play a little bit of cebo boxing, but when it comes to uncorking those big shots, really commit to them cebo
  
  And ideally put Tyson in a corner, up against the ropes cebo
  
  ”CF: “With Ngannou’s MMA background and knowledge of wrestling and grappling, he will have success when they’re in really close quarters and Tyson’s trying to hold on cebo
  
  This might be something that Tyson’s never experienced before, where someone can get out of a clinch rather easily and land a shot cebo
  
  Ngannou can’t stand off and outbox Tyson, that’s not gonna happen cebo
  
  ”Fury was knocked down four times across three fights with Deontay Wilder (Getty Images)AP: Ngannou last fought in MMA in January 2022 and has largely been in cebo boxing training since cebo
  
  What kind of MMA fighter will he be when he makes his PFL debut in 2024?DH: “I think we’re gonna see improvements in his footwork and his fundamental cebo boxing cebo
  
  I think that’ll be a byproduct of him doing all these rounds on the pads with Mike Tyson, Dewey Cooper and others cebo
  
  But I don’t think he’s necessarily going to neglect his grappling game, because it was never really the prominent skillset for him anyway cebo
  
  I think he’ll return to working on those things when necessary, because everyone who fights Francis knows that they need to take him down – you don’t wanna be dealing with that power cebo
  
  He knows that whoever he’s fighting is most likely gonna be the one to force the grappling exchanges cebo
  
  Then it’s about who the opponent is gonna be cebo
  
  $2m is a lot of money in MMA, even if you have to fight Francis for it!”Fury v Ngannou will be exclusively live from Riyadh Season, Saudi Arabia on TNT cebo Sports Box Office, Saturday 28 October cebo
  
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