Red Roses' Heard ruled out of Six Nations

Women’s Rugby World Cup winner Tatyana Heard has been ruled out of the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations with a foot injury.

The centre sustained the injury in Gloucester Hartpury’s 43-38 win over Loughborough Lightning in Round 15 of the 2025/26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season.

Loughborough and England Under-21 centre Carmela Morrall will replace Heard in John Mitchell’s training camp.

Heard has made 36 Test match appearances for England since her debut in 2018. In last year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup victory on home soil, the 31-year-old started in five of England’s six matches at the tournament.

While Heard has been an international for almost eight years, she has had numerous hurdles to overcome, including three ACL injuries by the age of 24.

For much of the past half-decade Heard has been a near-constant in the England midfield and a mainstay under Mitchell.

Morrall has won seven caps for England U20 and has impressed greatly for Nathan Smith’s Lightning so far in PWR this term. In January the 21-year-old was called into Red Roses camp.

So far this season Morrall has scored two tries, provided six try assists, carried the ball 157 times for 320 metres and beaten 27 defenders. In defence she has made 92 tackles and won five turnovers.