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Two World Cup winners included in RPA Women's U23 Team of the Season

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Maddie Feaunati and Morwenna Talling of England pose for a portrait following the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 Final match between Canada and England at Twickenham Stadium on September 27, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Molly Darlington - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
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Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 winners Maddie Feaunati and Morwenna Talling have been named in the Rugby Players’ Association’s Under-23 Team of the Season.

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After a public vote 15 players under the age of 23 have been selected for the team comprised of players from Premiership Women’s Rugby teams.

Feaunati (Exeter Chiefs) and Talling (Sale Sharks) are two of five current England Red Roses named in the team, with Mia Venner (Gloucester Hartpury), Millie David (Bristol Bears) and Haineala Lutui (Loughborough Lightning) also included in the team.

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Steph Else (Gloucester Hartpury), Maisy Allen (Exeter Chiefs) and Sarah Parry (Harlequins), who have both been involved in Red Roses camps this season, are also in the squad. Fresh from a brace in Bristol Bears’ 26-21 win over Gloucester Hartpury, Reneeqa Bonner is named on the wing.

Spain captain Claudia Pena, whose contract extension at Harlequins, has been voted as the midfield parter to club mate Parry. Sale Sharks playmaker Lizzie Duffy, who has scored 56 points for her club this season, is the fly-half and Saracens’ Tori Sellors has been voted as the team’s scrum-half.

Loughborough Lightning loosehead prop Amelia Williams, Sale Sharks hooker Milly Hyndman and Leicester Tigers’ tighthead prop Nadine Vincent comprise the front-row.

All have enjoyed positive campaigns for their club and international teams this season. Allen and Feaunati have helped Exeter back to the PWR semi-finals at the first time of asking, while Mia Venner and Steph Else are spearheading Gloucester Hartpury’s charge for a fourth league title in a row.

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RPA Women’s Under-23 Team of the Season 2025/26

15. Mia Venner (Gloucester Hartpury)
14. Millie David (Bristol Bears)
13. Claudia Pena (Harlequins)
12. Sarah Parry (Harlequins)
11. Reneeqa Bonner (Bristol Bears)
10. Lizzie Duffy (Sale Sharks)
9. Tori Sellors (Saracens)
1. Amelia Williams (Loughborough Lightning)
2. Milly Hyndman (Sale Sharks)
3. Nadine Vincent (Leicester Tigers)
4. Steph Else (Gloucester Hartpury)
5. Morwenna Talling (Sale Sharks)
6. Haineala Lutui (Loughborough Lightning)
7. Maisy Allen (Exeter Chiefs)
8. Maddie Feaunati (Exeter Chiefs)

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Chris929 1 hr ago

its a good team of young players- though Lizzie duffy pretty much played the whole season at fullback and mia venner only played 1 or 2 games at FB and was mostly on the wing.

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