Four uncapped players have been retained in England's final squad for the Guinness Women's Six Nations, which gets underway for the defending champions against Italy in York on Sunday.
England head coach John Mitchell has included six uncapped players for the squad’s latest Women’s Six Nations training camp, four of whom have been called up for the first time.
Attack coach Lou Meadows explains why the Red Roses are scoring a wider variety of tries than two years ago.
John Mitchell has made 10 changes to the starting England team to face New Zealand in the second round of WXV 1 this Sunday.
England ran in nine tries to kick off their WXV 1 title defence with a 61-21 victory against USA, however the Red Roses were far from convincing in Vancouver.
John Mitchell makes seven changes to the starting team who beat the Black Ferns 24-12 at Allianz Stadium as the Red Roses begin their WXV 1 defence against the USA on 29 September.
21 players who were involved in England’s successful campaign in the inaugural WXV 1 tournament return for a second year.
England saw off New Zealand 24-12 in the first-ever standalone match between the two at the newly renamed Allianz Stadium in front of over 41,000 fans.
Emily Scarratt will become only the third woman to make 100 Test starts for England when the Red Roses welcome the Black Ferns to Allianz Stadium on Saturday.
Sarah McKenna has received her first England call-up under John Mitchell as part of a training squad that contains eight uncapped players.
