The England Girls’s staff have named their squad to tackle world champions Australia Jillaroos in Las Vegas on March 1.
Georgia Roche, the 2023 NRLW Grand Remaining winner, will hyperlink up with the England staff for the primary time in additional than 12 months following one other spectacular season with Newcastle Knights scoring two tries in 10 appearances.
The 24-year-old halfback and former Girl of Metal will be a part of the squad on Friday once they meet at Weetwood for his or her remaining camp earlier than heading to Nevada on February 25.
Canberra Raiders second-row Hollie-Mae Dodd is called after a try-scoring return towards Wales within the Autumn worldwide with Paige Travis additionally chosen.
Tamzin Renouf is certainly one of 5 York Valkyrie gamers known as up after coming back from a knee harm on the finish of final season together with her teammate Jas Bell in rivalry to make her worldwide debut.
18-year-old Jenna Foubister is the second uncapped participant to be named and can signify Wigan Warriors alongside Anna Davies.
The squad additionally consists of seven gamers from St Helens with three of these having represented England throughout their final assembly towards the Jillaroos in 2017 – Jodie Cunningham, Amy Hardcastle and Shona Hoyle.
England Girls Head Coach, Stuart Barrow, stated: “Every player in this travelling squad has an important role to play when we face the Australia Jillaroos in three weeks’ time.
“It has been a very troublesome choice course of as a result of there’s numerous expertise inside the group, which implies there are some excellent gamers who will sadly miss out.
“Now we have to focus on the challenge that lies ahead which is a historic fixture against the world champions for the first time since 2017 and I’m very much looking forward to getting the group together for our final camp next weekend.”
England Girls’s squad
Jas Bell (York Valkyrie), Keara Bennett (Leeds Rhinos), Jodie Cunningham (St Helens), Georgie Dagger (York Valkyrie), Anna Davies (Wigan Warriors), Hollie-Mae Dodd (Canberra Raiders), Jenna Foubister (Wigan Warriors), Amy Hardcastle (St Helens), Zoe Harris (St Helens), Shona Hoyle (St Helens), Katie Mottershead (St Helens), Izzy Northrop (Leeds Rhinos), Eboni Partington (York Valkyrie), Tamzin Renouf (York Valkyrie), Georgia Roche (Newcastle Knights), Erin Stott (St Helens), Bella Sykes (Leeds Rhinos), Paige Travis (Parramatta Eels), Vicky Whitfield (St Helens), Liv Wooden (York Valkyrie).
Rugby League Las Vegas Competition 2025 – Saturday March 1
- Betfred Tremendous League – Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves (1:30pm PST / 9:30pm GMT), stay on Sky Sports activities
- NRL – Canberra Raiders v New Zealand Warriors (4:00pm PST / Midnight GMT)
- Check Match – Australian Jillaroos vs England Girls (6:00pm PST / 2am GMT March 2)
- NRL – Penrith Panthers vs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (8:30pm PST / 4:30am GMT March 2)