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Eighty minutes later, the hosts' crown had started to slip.

But on Sunday, the hosts delivered by scoring seven tries in a comfortable 47-24 victory over Italy at Allianz Stadium to stay in the title hunt.

Ally Murphy, who hosts the Red Eye Podcast where she interviews flight attendants, experienced one passenger death during a flight in her 14 years working as cabin crew.

"Us as players decided just to beat people, score more tries and be more aggressive with the ball," added wing Ollie Sleightholme, who crossed twice for the hosts.

Wing Ollie Sleightholme crossed twice in an ultimately comfortable victory, but the hosts were made to sweat early on with Italy scoring two superb tries to stay within four points at half-time.