England Pink Roses head coach John Mitchell has revealed his aspect to start their house 2025 Girls’s Rugby World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to the USA in Sunderland on Friday.
The beginning XV is unchanged from the aspect which defeated France 40-6 in England’s second warm-up match forward of the match, with skipper Zoe Aldcroft beginning within the again row.
Finalists in all however one of many 9 editions, two-time winners England are banking on house benefit to spice up their conversion fee and eventually break New Zealand’s stranglehold on the match.
The Pink Roses begin the competitors as rugby’s top-ranked crew, match favourites and having received the final seven Six Nations titles.
However the Black Ferns, back-to-back defending champions, stay the crew to beat and arrive on English soil fearless, with 5 of their six World Cup titles received at England’s expense.
Pink Roses: 15 Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins, 53 caps), 14 Abby Dow (Unattached, 54 caps), 13 Megan Jones (Trailfinders Girls, 27 caps), 12 Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury, 31 caps), 11 Jess Breach (Saracens, 47 caps), 10 Zoe Harrison (Saracens, 59 caps), 9 Natasha Hunt (Gloucester-Hartpury, 82 caps); 1 Hannah Botterman (Bristol Bears, 58 caps), 2 Amy Cokayne (Sale Sharks, 84 caps), 3 Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury, 42 caps), 4 Morwenna Talling (Sale Sharks, 23 caps), 5 Abbie Ward (Bristol Bears, 76 caps), 6 Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury, 65 caps), 7 Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning, 23 caps), 8 Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury, 76 caps).
Replacements: 16 Lark Atkin-Davies (Bristol Bears, 68 caps), 17 Kelsey Clifford (Saracens, 15 caps), 18 Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears, 73 caps), 19 Rosie Galligan (Saracens, 25 caps), 20 Maddie Feaunati (Exeter Chiefs, 17 caps), 21 Lucy Packer (Harlequins, 33 caps), 22 Emily Scarratt (Loughborough Lightning, 118 caps), 23 Emma Sing (Gloucester-Hartpury, 10 caps)
Girls’s Rugby World Cup 2025 schedule
Pool stage
Pool A
August 22: England vs United States – Sunderland, 7.30pm
August 23: Australia vs Samoa – Salford, 12pm
August 30: England vs Samoa – Northampton, 5pm
August 30: United States vs Australia – York, 7.30pm
September 6: United States vs Samoa – York, 1.30pm
September 6: England vs Australia – Brighton, 5pm
Pool B
August 23: Scotland vs Wales – Salford, 2.45pm
August 23: Canada vs Fiji – York, 5.30pm
August 30: Canada vs Wales – Salford, 12pm
August 30: Scotland vs Fiji – Salford, 2.45pm
September 6: Canada vs Scotland – Exeter, 12pm
September 6: Wales vs Fiji – Exeter, 2.45pm
Pool C
August 24: Eire vs Japan – Northampton, 12pm
August 24: New Zealand vs Spain – York, 5.30pm
August 31: Eire vs Spain – Northampton, 12pm
August 31: New Zealand vs Japan – Exeter, 2pm
September 7: Japan vs Spain – York, 12pm
September 7: New Zealand vs Eire – Brighton, 2.45pm
Pool D
August 23: France vs Italy – Exeter, 8.15pm
August 24: South Africa vs Brazil – Northampton, 2.45pm
August 31: Italy vs South Africa – York, 3.30pm
August 31: France vs Brazil – Exeter, 4.45pm
September 7: Italy vs Brazil – Northampton, 2pm
September 7: France vs South Africa – Northampton, 4.45pm
The redesigned Girls’s Rugby World Cup trophy awaits its subsequent champion – however who will declare it in 2025?
Pink Roses 32-player World Cup squad
Forwards: Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury, 63 caps), Lark Atkin-Davies (Bristol Bears, 66 caps), Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears, 71 caps), Hannah Botterman (Bristol Bears, 56 caps), Abi Burton (Trailfinders Girls, 2 caps), Could Campbell (Saracens, 3 caps), Mackenzie Carson (Gloucester-Hartpury, 21 caps), Kelsey Clifford (Saracens, 13 caps), Amy Cokayne (Sale Sharks, 83 caps), Maddie Feaunati (Exeter Chiefs, 15 caps), Rosie Galligan (Saracens, 24 caps), Lilli Ives Campion (Loughborough Lightning, 2 caps), Sadia Kabeya, (Loughborough Lightning, 21 caps), Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury, 75 caps), Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury, 40 caps), Marlie Packer (Saracens, 110 caps), Morwenna Talling (Sale Sharks, 22 caps), Abbie Ward (Bristol Bears, 74 caps)
Backs: Holly Aitchison (Sale Sharks, 40 caps), Jess Breach (Saracens, 45 caps), Abby Dow (Unattached, 52 caps), Zoe Harrison (Saracens, 57 caps), Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury, 29 caps), Natasha Hunt (Gloucester-Hartpury, 80 caps), Megan Jones (Trailfinders Girls, 25 caps), Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins, 52 caps), Claudia Moloney-MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs, 35 caps), Lucy Packer (Harlequins, 31 caps), Helena Rowland (Loughborough Lightning, 39 caps), Emily Scarratt (Loughborough Lightning, 118 caps), Jade Shekells (Gloucester-Hartpury, 2 caps), Emma Sing (Gloucester-Hartpury, 8 caps)
