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.
Gloucester-Hartpury and Saracens have announced their teams for the Premiership Women's Rugby final on Sunday 16th March, at the StoneX Stadium in London. The Cherry and Whites are searching for a third consecutive title whilst Sarries aim for a first title since 2022.
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.
Statistics only tell a sliver of the story: they’re just one lens through which to view sport, and, come the business end of this captivating PWR season - you want to ride on emotion, swatting data aside in favour of story and spectacle.
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.
Sarah McKenna has received her first England call-up under John Mitchell as part of a training squad that contains eight uncapped players.
Exeter Chiefs flanker Maddie Feaunati and Trailfinders Women prop Liz Crake have both earned full-time England contracts for the 2024-25 season.
The English, who are chasing a sixth successive championship title but a first with their Kiwi coach in charge, turned on the style last Saturday to blitz Ireland 88-10 in front of a near-50,000 attendance at Twickenham.
Looking to win their sixth successive championship title, the English came away from Edinburgh last weekend with a 46-0 round three win over Scotland.