WALES Women were given a 63-0 Six Nations hammering at the hands of professional England at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park.

After a 20-8 victory against Italy on opening weekend, Wales shipped 11 tries to go down to a first defeat under new head coach Rowland Phillips.

England, for whom Lydia Thompson scored a hat-trick, were in command from the off with their full-timers completely dominant to back up their opening weekend win against France.

A crowd of 4,113 headed to the Arms Park before the men played next door and a fast start by the world champions saw them cross for three quick tries inside the first quarter.

Wing Amy Wilson Hardy, hooker Amy Cokayne and scrum-half Natasha Hunt all crossed with centre Emily Scarratt booting two of the three conversions.

England were playing with speed and accuracy and Thompson secured the bonus point and Katy McLean and Sarah Hunter added two more scores before the break.

Fly-half McLean dotted down in the corner, while No 8 and captain Hunter emerged with the ball over the line following a driving line-out.

Wales had struggled to implement any form of attacking game plan in the first period, spending almost the entire 40 minutes focusing solely on defence.

Phillips' side weren't helped by losing full-back Dyddgu Hywel and back-rower Rachel Taylor to injury at the start of the second half, leaving them without two of their most experienced campaigners.

It meant replacements were necessary, with Wales quickly emptying their bench after the break to try and breathe new life into their challenge.

But the tries kept coming. Wing Thompson added her second and two quick tries from impressive full-back Danielle Waterman took the visitors past the 50-point mark.

Wilson Hardy was next to cross and Thompson then completed her treble to wrap up the scoring.

Wales finished on the front foot but England's excellence was proved by the way that they defended stoutly for their clean sheet.

Phillips' side travel to Scotland's Broadwood Stadium a week on Friday.