Maddie Feaunati will make her full England debut against France on Saturday as Helena Rowland returns to the Red Roses line-up for the first time since the opening match of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations.
Sarah McKenna has received her first England call-up under John Mitchell as part of a training squad that contains eight uncapped players.
Premiership Women's Rugby couldn’t have asked for much more from this year’s final as Gloucester-Hartpury and Bristol Bears combined for an 80-minute, end-to-end battle that ended 36-24 and ensured the cherry and whites would remain champions.
The line-ups for the upcoming Allianz PWR final have been confirmed, with Gloucester-Hartpury naming an unchanged side from their semi-final team and Bristol Bears making three changes.
The Gloucester-Hartpury full-back talks to RugbyPass about the impact of losing her England contract and how she bounced back to help the Circus into this Saturday's Premiership Women's Rugby final, against Bristol Bears at Sandy Park.
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.
Round four was the occasion when it all gelled, England winning 88-10 and scoring 14 tries in the process.
The Red Roses will head to Bordeaux next weekend with their sights set firmly on a Grand Slam following a commanding 88-10 victory against Ireland in front of 48,778 fans at Twickenham.
England have named only one scrum-half among the 32 players contracted to the Rugby Football Union for at least the 2023-24 season.