NEWS EXTRA By NICK POWELL

ENGLAND prop Maud Muir says that the key to improved goalkicking in the women’s game is more emphasis on coaching the skill, not a rule change to make kicks easier. Ahead of England’s game against Wales, Simon Middleton called for conversions to be taken in “10 metres from the touchline” if tries were scored in the corner. Prior to that match, England had landed only eight of 22 conversion attempts, but have since converted 11 of the 17 tries they have scored in their last two games. And since sitting down for a separate int...