Donald’s Jillaroos were simply in another class as they blew out to a 24-0 lead at the break in Sydney.

The Australians didn’t quite maintain the high level intensity in the second half but it hardly mattered as the Jillaroos continued to exploit the visitors’ poor defence.

“We’d set things up in the first game so that we’d have seven fresh players for this game. We had a good win against the Cook Islands and everyone was fully fit for this one,” Donald said.

“We were expecting a really tough game and a bit of a grind but they just got on top of them early.

“The second half was a bit clunky at times but once we were ahead we rested a few of our players and changed some things around.”

When Isabelle Kelly barged across to score after just six minutes it was a sign of what was to come.

Meg Ward – who picked up two tries for the Jillaroos – helped set up her side’s next four-pointer, which came courtesy of a Nakia Davis-Welsh run out of her own half.

At the time Ward scored in the 19^th minute the missed tackles count had already blown out to 10-2 in favour of the Lionesses.

On the next Jillaroos set Chelsea Baker punished England when they failed to gather an Australian kick, with her try pushing the score out to 18-0.

Elianna Watson went over for a try before half-time.

Prior to the break England had one of their best opportunities to score when back-to-back penalties carried them up to the Australian end of the ground, but an error on the left wing ended their chance.

Kezie Apps scored the easiest try of the day shortly after play resumed when the Jillaroos easily outnumbered England’s right side defence.

Two more tries close to the hour mark to Caitlin Moran and Ward capped off a dominant afternoon for the hosts.

The Jillaroos’ win was somewhat soured by a biting accusation against centre Kelly.

England prop Chantelle Crowl accused the Jillaroos outside back of biting her forearm late in the first half and the incident was put on report.

The incident will be reviewed on Monday at NSWRL headquarters at Homebush.

It’s the third such incident during this World Cup. Papua New Guinea’s Wellington Albert and England’s Jermaine McGillvary were both accused and cleared of biting during the men’s tournament.

Jillaroos co-skipper Renae Kunst came off late in the game with a calf injury.

The Australian women have now racked up 96 points in two matches (after a 58-4 win over Cook Islands) and now cannot be knocked off the top of Pool A.

The Jillaroos’ next match will be against Canada this Wednesday.