England Womens team announced for Nations Cup Vs South Africa

England Womens Head Coach Gary Street has named his starting line-up for Wednesdays penultimate Nations Cup clash against South Africa in Toronto, kick-off 930pm (BST).

With wins against the USA and France England go into the game set to clinch the round robin tournament for a second year in succession, and at the same time add to the RBS 6 Nations title they have already won this year.

England captain Catherine Spencer returns to the starting line-up after being rested against France while Saracens Charlotte Barras is named as vice-captain and switches to full back. Lichfields Olivia Poore, Plymouth Albion’s Georgina Rozario and Saracens Rachael Burford also get their first Nations Cup starts of the tournament.

Englands Street said: (quote) We are looking forward to the next game. It’s going to be great to play against new opposition. South Africa have improved tremendously since the last World Cup and England versus South Africa is always a huge game in world rugby.(end quote)

England Captain Spencer said: (quote)We have not played against South Africa since 2006 so we are very much looking forward to running out against them on Wednesday. They are an ever improving side who have some very talented individuals so we need to be clinical in everything that we do. We are playing in increasingly hot conditions here in Canada but I am confident that our fitness and conditioning will help us to overcome this additional challenge.(end quote)

Team

15 Charlotte Barras (VC) Saracens
14 Katherine Merchant Worcester
13 Claire Allan Saracens
12 Rachael Burford Saracens
11 Fiona Pocock Richmond
10 Alice Richardson Richmond
9 Georgina Rozario Plymouth Albion
1 Claire Purdy Wasps
2 Olivia Poore Lichfield
3 Katy Storie Team Northumbria
4 Sarah Beale Lichfield
5 Rebecca Essex Richmond
6 Karen Jones Richmond
7 Heather Fisher Wasps
8 Catherine Spencer C Bristol
Replacements:
16 Amy Garnett Saracens
17 Sophie Hemming Bristol
18 Jo McGilchrist Wasps
19 Gemma Sharples Worcester
20 Amy Turner Richmond
21 Kim Oliver Bristol
22 Danielle Waterman Team Northumbria

Nations Cup tournament table

England P2 10pts
France P3 6pts
Canada P2 6pts
USA P2 5pts
South Africa P3 2 pts

Win: 4pts, Draw: 2pts, Bonus point for scoring four tries or losing by seven points or less

All games to be played at Appleby College in Toronto. KO’s all BST

Schedule

England v USA August 10th KO 1130pm WON 36-7
England v France August 13th KO 630pm WON 43-8
England v South Africa August 19th KO 930pm
England v Canada August 22nd KO 10pm

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