England suffered their first defeat of the Commonwealth Games after going down 66-47 to reigning champions Australia in Glasgow. <p>The Vitality Roses trailed 18-11 after the first quarter and 35-24 at half-time before a series of handling errors helped Australia stretch their lead to 56-35 with 15 minutes left.</p><p>England won the final quarter 12-10 but the damage was already done as they were unable to back up their opening 83-34 victory over Northern Ireland on Saturday.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/boxing/live-blog/29876/13566034/commonwealth-games-glasgow-2026-live-news-schedule-updates-results-todays-events-as-england-scotland-wales-northern-ireland-aim-for-medals"><strong>Latest from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports">Stream Sky Sports contract-free through NOW</a></strong></li></ul><p>England, for whom Olivia Tchine scored 23 goals, face Malawi on Monday before further Group A games against Tonga on Wednesday and South Africa on Thursday.</p><p>The top two sides in Groups A and B after all the sides have played the others in their pool once each will advance to the semi-finals.</p><widget id="1"></widget><h3>Williams says England can take lessons from defeat</h3><p>The Vitality Roses took Commonwealth Games gold on the Gold Coast in 2018, beating host nation Australia in the final, but did not medal in Birmingham four years ago.</p><p>Speaking after Sunday's defeat to Australia's Diamonds, England captain Fran Williams said lessons would be learned: "That's definitely not the result that we came for but it's also not the performance.</p><p>"We were far off our best and never really got momentum. It's really tough when a game blows out like that in the second half.</p><p>"You've got to make sure that you're still going after those small wins and little fights. That's why I'm so proud of the last 15 minutes in terms of getting a quarter win at the end when it was tough.</p><p>"It's great we've had that exposure against a team that's probably setting the standard in the competition. We've got the learning from the experience so we can move on.</p><p>"There's no point dwelling on it. It's about taking what we need from it and bringing it into [the Malawi match]. That will help us drop any disappointment. You've got to look forward."</p>
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