The inaugural WXV1 tournament saw England continue their unbeaten run with wins over Australia, Canada and New Zealand following their two warmup fixtures against Canada in September. Their dominance on the world stage is reflected by seven inclusions in World Rugby's Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year. 

Louis Deacon said: "It's amazing. To think about all the players that we don't have available at the moment shows what an exciting period this is. That's what we wanted to find out within this competition - to see where we are as a squad.

"It's so exciting, the players who have been involved have been absolutely outstanding and the future is definitely bright. There's still a long road to go, but we're building strong foundations which is awesome."

Packer echoed Deacon's comments: "It's super impressive, but I think that goes down to the hard work and dedication that the girls put in to keep performing, not just at international level but week-in week-out at club level.

"We're in a great place and it's a whole squad effort to back up our performances every week. To train how we do and play how we do, we have to give credit to the whole squad because they've helped us prepare the best we can."