The 111-times capped international has opted to prolong her stay with the African Violets for the 2024/25 campaign.

Scarratt made her return to action in February against Bristol Bears after more than year out following a neck injury and subsequent surgery. The 34-year-old was brought back into the England squad for the 2024 Six Nations and featured in three Tests as John Mitchell’s side secured a Grand Slam.

The former Lichfield back made her Lightning debut in January 2019 against Worcester Valkyries and on the final match of the 2023/24 Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby season, she moved to 40 appearances against Saracens Women.

Scarratt also added to her career points total of 255 – which is the most in Lightning’s history – and she looks set to add to that number in the 2024/25 campaign, which is followed by the 2025 Rugby World Cup that is being staged in England with cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens amongst the eight host venues.

Her name was recently included alongside Lightning teammates Helena Rowland, Cath O’Donnell and Sadia Kabeya as contracted England players for next season, as Scarratt prepares for what would be her fifth World Cup, having lifted the trophy in 2014 and picked up runners-up medals in 2017 and 2021.

“We are building all the time at Lightning and I am thoroughly enjoying being a part of that process,” said Scarratt. “Both as a player and as a coach, I feel that this is the right environment for me to continue my rugby journey.

“This season has been a real step forward for us and we are all looking forward to getting stuck into the 2024/25 campaign and seeing how far we can progress as a group.”

“On a personal level, it has been incredible feeling for me to get back out there on the pitch in the past few months. I am really enjoying my rugby again and I hope that is reflected in my performances on the pitch.”

Alongside her playing duties, Scarratt is also a key member of the Lightning coaching team and is proving to be an invaluable asset to head coach Nathan Smith.

“It is just great to have Scaz in the environment,” said Smith. “I really value her opinion as a rugby player but also as a rugby coach. She does a lot of work within the programme to develop the young high-potential players that we have.

“I am really fortunate just to have someone in the programme with her calibre of knowledge and she is not afraid to challenge my opinion which is only going to be for the betterment of Lightning.

“From a playing perspective, since her injury, it has been what I’d class to be a restart for her. What we have seen in the last four games of the season was the Scaz that we know is still there. Playing within the Lightning team, the players we have recruited and the young players that are coming through I can only see Scaz going from strength to strength with us.

“It is a big statement for the club to make to retain someone like Scaz. She is someone who has no shortage of interest, so we are delighted to retain her services.”

Scarratt follows Kathryn Treder, Helen Nelson, ​Rachel Malcolm, Christine Belisle, Emma Wassell, Megan Davey, Sadia Kabeya, Bo Westcombe-Evans, Lilli Ives Campion, Catherine O’Donnell, Carmela Morrall and Lia Green on extending their contracts into the 2024/25 – with more re-signings to be announced in the coming weeks.

Lightning have also confirmed their first two signings of the summer with Alev Kelter and Alicia Maude teaming up with Loughborough next term.

Loughborough Lightning season tickets for the 2024/25 Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby season are available now priced from just £40* adults and £20* children. For more information, please click HERE.

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The 2014 Rugby World Cup winner joined Lightning in 2018 following a successful period in the England Women’s Sevens programme, having previously played for Lichfield Ladies.

Scarratt made her Red Roses debut as an 18-year-old back in 2008, and became only the fifth English woman to reach 100 Test caps in the 2022 Women’s Six Nations victory over Scotland.

The 33-year-old has amassed 108 Test caps, appearing in three World Cup finals and has nine Women’s Six Nations titles to her name, including eight Grand Slams.

Her haul of points for England is more than 200 ahead of her nearest rival, the retired Katy Daley-Mclean, and no English woman has scored more than her 131 Rugby World Cup points from 14 appearances.

The centre/full-back has been a totemic figure for Loughborough Lightning – scoring 228 points in 33 appearances so far in African Violet ­– and has been on board throughout the partnership with Northampton Saints, which began in 2021, acting as one of Saints’ Women’s Rugby Ambassadors.

Ahead of the 2023/24 Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby season – which will see Lightning play all their home league games at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens for the first time – Scarratt has put pen to paper on a new deal that will see her move into a sixth season in an African Violet shirt.

“I’ve really enjoyed my time at Loughborough and the partnership with Northampton Saints is an exciting one,” she said.

“We’ve got a serious amount of potential at Loughborough Lightning that perhaps we didn’t show last season. But I really think we can develop this season and I wanted to be a part of that.

“It’s amazing to play at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens and we’re looking forward to playing on that incredible pitch on a regular basis. Just being in a stadium like that and the support we get is quite different to when we play at Loughborough ­– which we love.

“The Saints supporters are really looking to adopt us now as their own. Quite a few Saints fans I’ve seen around have come up to me and said they’re looking forward to coming to watch us, so that’s really exciting.”

Scarratt’s extended deal follows a flurry of announcements from the Loughborough camp – with an incredible 14 players already committing to Lightning ahead of the upcoming Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby season, including Scarratt’s England teammates Sadia Kabeya, Helena Rowland, and Cath O’Donnell.

Lightning head coach Nathan Smith said: “Scaz is an exceptional human being who we are really lucky to have in our environment – which grows by her being there.

“Luckily enough, she’s also one of the best players in the world that we’re confident we can still develop as a player.

“She is a brilliant influence on the younger generation coming through. Technically and tactically, but also she models the professional behaviours expected of a world-class player.”

For the first time this season, all of Lightning’s home Premiership Women’s Rugby league matches will be played at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens.

Season tickets start from just £60 adult / £45 adult terrace / £25 junior (under-18s), with a special discounted rate available for Saints Season Ticket Holders, Saints Members, and those who purchased a Lightning ticket bundle during the 2022/23 campaign.

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She will miss this year’s autumn series and probably the next Six Nations, but there should be plenty of time for her to recover before the World Cup twelve months hence.

She must surely be the first name on any team-list the last two head coaches, Gary Street and Simon Middleton, have composed, even harder to replace than England’s long-term captain, Sarah Hunter.

Her extended time-off will enable the Red Roses to see how they perform without her. One area of comparative weakness has been precisely in her home territory, the midfield. Since the disappearance of Rachael Burford from the international scene the choice of a centre partner for her has looked like shuffling cards; Lagi Tuima, Meg Jones, Sarah McKenna and Zoe Harrison all wore the No 12 shirt last season. Now Amber Reed is restored to fitness, that adds an experienced operator to the mix.

These days the two centre positions are seen as very different; nearly every team splits them inside and outside. In previous generations they operated simply as left and right. It is perfectly possible for a player to switch roles; Tuima has worn 12 and 13 in recent seasons. But the constant juggling last year showed the uncertainty England were suffering from.

The selectors now have the chance to survey the candidates and work out the best options. Other names could still be added to the mix, Phoebe Murray (Bristol Bears) for example.

The position of the Sevens players means recurring uncertainty. When, if ever, will Jones and Helena Rowland be available? This was a problem last year as it was for other 6N teams.

We haven’t yet reached a point in women’s rugby where the two formats are divided off as they are with the men. The Sevens programme is making a hesitant restart, beginning with the Fast Four in Vancouver in a fortnight’s time. Next year sees the Commonwealth Games offering chances for 7s players from England, Scotland and Wales to operate separately again.

So it’s more likely that Jones and Rowland will not form part of the Red Rose 15s programme. The same would apply to Holly Aitchison, who played for Saracens last week and would be a welcome addition to England ranks.

95 and Counting

Emily is the proud owner of 96 caps. It is sad to think that she won’t be able to chalk up her ton for quite a while. But she won’t be the first Red Rose to face a long delay of this sort: Katy Daley-Mclean had to wait as she was left on a frustrating 99 across the year 2018.

As we wish Emily a speedy and complete recovery, we can selfishly look forward to hearing her give her insightful analysis in the commentary box.

The Red Roses vice-captain suffered the injury in the early minutes of Loughborough Lightning’s Allianz Premier 15s opener against Harlequins at Twickenham Stoop on Sunday afternoon.

The surgery went well and Scarratt will now begin her recovery and rehabilitation.

Everyone at England Rugby sends their best wishes to Emily and wishes her a full and speedy recovery. On behalf of Emily, we’d like to thank England supporters and the wider rugby family for the messages of support we have received following Sunday’s match.

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Giles Hilton, chairman and commercial manager at Canterbury Rugby Football Club has also received an MBE for services to rugby union football in Kent.

Middleton joined the RFU in 2014 and led the England Women Sevens on the World Series, as well as taking a role as assistant coach for the XVs 2014 Rugby World Cup in France where England were crowned champions.

In 2015, he became Red Roses head coach initially in a joint role with sevens. He was appointed head coach of Team GB Women Sevens where the team finished fourth at the Rio 2016 Olympics, before focusing fully on XVs on his return.

Since taking the role, Middleton has guided England to Six Nations Grand Slams in 2017, 2019 and 2020 and helped the team reach a fifth straight World Cup final in 2017.

In April, he led the Red Roses to the 2021 Six Nations title.

Middleton said: “It’s not often I’m lost for words but on this occasion I am.

“It’s a massive honour and one I never dreamt of receiving.

“I think in the spirit of why you play rugby and why you’re involved in rugby, I just hope everybody who has known me and everyone who played rugby with me can enjoy it as well. You don’t get awards like this on your own. You encounter thousands of people as you go. You get so much support from people around you. That’s the nature of sport, particularly rugby. We talk about the rugby family and I just hope everybody shares the feeling I have a little bit. I’m hugely proud and massively grateful.

“On a more personal note, it’s such a huge honour for my family. I saw the reaction of my mum, my brothers and I know what my dad would have said.

“When your 16-year-old son says ‘that’s cool I’m well proud of you’, that’s a big shout from a 16-year-old. Cara (my daughter) was just ‘wow, that’s amazing’ even my wife was impressed which takes a bit of doing. You know something spectacular has happened when people in our house react like that!

“It’s just amazing, incredible and I’m hugely, hugely proud.”

In his playing days, Middleton was a cross-code wing/full back having played rugby league for Castleford as well as rugby union for a number of clubs including Leeds Tykes, where he took up a coaching role following his retirement from playing.

He spent 11 years at Leeds holding various coaching roles including defence, skills and eventually assistant coach, and helped them to the Premiership twice as well as achieve Heineken Cup qualification for the first time in their history.

At the RFU, Middleton has continued to drive the elite women’s game forward and his 2021/22 season focus will be on preparing the Red Roses for the rearranged Rugby World Cup, now set to take place in October 2022.

A hugely respected and popular figure within the women’s game, Scarratt has represented England 96 times to date.

She secured England’s 2014 Women’s World Cup triumph, scoring the match-winning try with six minutes left in the final and was also top points scorer at the tournament.

Also successful on the sevens circuit, the 31-year-old captained Team GB at the Rio Olympics, won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and represented England at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

After returning to the 15-a-side game in January 2019, Scarratt’s impressive displays saw her named World Rugby’s Women’s Player of the Year in November of that year before becoming the highest ever Red Roses points scorer in the 2020 Six Nations, a record she still holds.

Scarratt was also named the inaugural Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship (2020) and in World Rugby Women’s Team of the Decade (2020).

Leicestershire-born Scarratt started playing rugby aged five for Leicester Forest RFC and has gone on to play for Lichfield and current club Loughborough Lightning at domestic level.

A talented all-rounder, she turned down the offer of a US Basketball Scholarship at the age of 16 before bursting onto the Test scene in 2008 with 12 tries in 12 games after making her debut against the USA aged 18.

Scarratt has won eight Women’s Six Nations titles including six Grand Slams.

Scarratt said: “It’s a huge honour and I never expected anything like this.

“I play rugby because I love it and it has always played a huge role in my life.

“To have seen the progression the game has had over my career to date and the numbers of young girls and women now playing the sport gives even greater meaning to this award.

“I’ve been very fortunate to have played in some fantastic teams over the years and especially at this time I’m reminded that rugby is a team game.

“This is a huge honour for me and my family and it’ll take a while to sink in.”

RFU Director of Performance Rugby, Conor O’Shea added: “It’s an incredible honour and great acknowledgement of both Simon and Emily as people but also everything the teams they have led, worked with and played for have achieved. Knowing them, they’ll be the first people to say that as well, this is recognition of the team on and off the pitch.

“As individuals what exceptional honours to receive and thoroughly deserved for their hard work and dedication demonstrated over the years. We’re absolutely delighted for them both.”

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It’s a relief to know the right decision has been made in the very first edition of the award. Picking a single player out in such a thoroughly team sport like rugby can lead to heated debate. Not in this case. Indeed it’s hard to find another player in world rugby who has mastered so many skills in so many areas to such a high degree.

Then we come to the less digestible side of things. This is the first time Guinness has offered a women’s award, sixteen years after the men’s version. We should be grateful for that, but the fact that it comes in the middle of the championship – there are three tests still to play – reminds us how the women’s Six Nations is still tied to its father’s apron-strings.

Where the men’s game goes, there the women’s game must follow.

So for the 2020 season women’s fixtures were again hooked to the men’s. That meant in effect that the winners were known as the final whistle blew in Pau in Round One. At least we can expect the England-France game to sit in Round Four next time.

We still haven’t learned the outcome of any discussions the 6N committee has had about rejigging the women’s tournament. The 2021 schedule looks very much like business as usual. And the biggest discrepancy lies in the financial reward.

If we look at attendances alone, then the gender disparity is partly justified. 82,000 for an England men’s home game; 10,000 for the women. But ironically attendances have been identical over the latter stages this year.

If we look at the input of players, then it’s hard to spot the difference. Whether the women players are amateur (the vast majority) or professional (the chosen few), their commitment to the game is astonishing and admirable. But it brings no financial reward.

Guinness are ‘Official Partners’ of the women’s 6N. They and the six unions will know precisely what that arrangement entails. How many of the public do?

England centre Emily Scarratt has been unveiled as the inaugural Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship, presented by Guinness.

Emily Scarratt scores a try against Italy (©INPHO/Matteo Ciambelli)

Scarratt, who became England’s highest ever Red Roses points scorer during this year’s Women’s Six Nations, was crowned the first winner of this award after receiving the most votes from the Head Coach and Team Captain of each participating Women’s Six Nations team.

Scarratt played an instrumental role in England’s successful Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam campaign, receiving one Player of the Match award, scoring two tries and kicking 19 conversions. she also gained her 90th cap during the Championship.

The 30-year-old’s try from close to the half-way line against France was vital as England got their campaign off to a winning start, sealing victory against the Red Roses’ fiercest Women’s Six Nations rivals. She rounded out the campaign with a similarly impressive score against Italy as England won their fifth game to become back-to-back Grand Slam Champions.

Scarratt played the most minutes out of any player in the Championship, starting every match and only being subbed off late in the second half in England’s final match win against Italy to secure the Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam.

The Loughborough Lightning star is one of the highest regarded England players of the last decade. Scarratt secured England’s 2014 Women’s World Cup triumph with six minutes left in the Final and was top point-scorer in the tournament. She also captained the Team GB Sevens team at the Rio Olympics, won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and represented England at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. No stranger to awards, Scarratt was also named World Rugby Women’s Player of the Year in November 2019.

Commenting on the award Ben Morel, CEO of Six Nations Rugby said: “I would like to congratulate Emily on winning the first ever Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship award.

“She is an amazing player who beat tough competition to win this accolade. Well done Emily!”

Mark Sandys, Global Head of Beer at Diageo, said, “On behalf of the GUINNESS team, we would like to congratulate Emily Scarratt on a fantastic performance on the pitch this year. 2020 has been a year. “Emily played a vital role in England’s second Grand Slam, scoring the key try against France. The fact that Emily has received this award from her peers makes it extra special. Our heartfelt congratulations to her.

“We’re also proud to be part of making the first ever Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship, presented by GUINNESS, a reality with our friends at Six Nations Rugby.”

Thanks to Women’s Six Nations

Super Series
v USA                                        38-5 W
v Canada                                  19-17 W
v France                                   20-18 W
v New Zealand                        13-28 L

Quilter Autumn Series

v France (A)                            20-10 W
v France (H)                           17-15 W
v Italy (H)                               55-0 W

Six Nations

France (A)                             19-13 W
Scotland (A)                          53-0 W
Ireland (H)                            27-0 W
Wales (H)                              66-5 W
Italy (A)                                 CANCELLED

Played: 11
Won: 10
Lost: 1

Total points for: 347
Against:                111

These bare figures tell a familiar tale. The Red Roses carried nearly all before them, only New Zealand once again proving too strong. A worrying feature is the number of really tight finishes, two in California, one in the autumn and – slightly less fraught – the 6 Nations clash in Pau.

Simon Middleton has said more than once that the positive aspect of those close games is the team’s ability to solve problems on the field, to pull through tough challenges. Here the huge bank of experience they can count on makes a big difference. But the question persists: why are they not able to put these games away more convincingly, considering the advantages they enjoy (professional status, high skill-levels and fitness)?

The obvious excuse is the number of injuries the squad endured. Almost a team’s worth of players couldn’t make the trip to the States in the summer. Two late replacements, Clara Nielson and Chloe Edwards, gained their only caps out there.

The ‘Scarratt effect’

The ‘Scarratt effect’ was called on far too often for comfort. From the series in California to the Ireland game she was central to England’s performance.

In the opening USA match in Chula Vista she snaffled possession to help set up Kelly Smith’s try. Later she intercepted an American pass to canter in. Against France she scored both tries and converted a late penalty from just inside the 10-metre line to rescue a 17-18 deficit. She scored all England’s 13 points against the Black Ferns.

Then into 2020 – there was a change of policy in the Six Nations: for once she took all the successful kicks at goal. In recent campaigns the task has been shared out with Katy Daley-Mclean and Zoe Harrison.

In Pau much of the game seemed to revolve round her. Katy Daley-Mclean offered her a series of switch-passes to send her through to threaten the opposition line, and Amber Reed produced the off-load of the tournament to put her away for the clinching score. In a Murrayfield snowstorm she calmly kicked her final conversion to break Daley-Mclean’s England points record.

Only in the final game (where she was captain) was she able to take a back seat and watch her side do the job without offering major contributions (just the 8 conversions!).

Despite outstanding performances by many of her team-mates, her contributions were vital to securing victory. It is rare in modern rugby to find a single player dominating matches as often she has done over the last year.

Her Stats for the Super Series:

3 tries, 4 conversions and 3 penalties
Total: 32 points
England’s total: 90 points

Her stats for the Autumn Series:

v France (away) 2 conversions, 2 penalties
v France (home) 4 penalties
v Italy 1 try 3 conversions

Her total points: 33
England’s total points: 97

Her stats for the 6 Nations:

Tries:
1 v France
Total: 5 points

Conversions:
2 v France
5 v Scotland
1 v Ireland
8 v Wales
Total : 32 points

Penalties:
1 v Scotland
Total : 3 points

Her total points : 40
England’s total points : 165

The RFU announced in September that it would introduce women’s full-time contracts this season underlining its commitment to the long-term growth of women’s rugby. On 3 January the RFU will confirm a total of 28 full-time contracts and seven Elite Player Squad (EPS) agreements taking the squad size available to 35 players.

Under the contracts the three players will join the Tyrrells Premier 15s, with Breach returning to former club Harlequins while 2014 World Cup winners Hunt and Scarratt join West Country club Gloucester-Hartpury and Loughborough Lightning respectively.

The England Women’s squad will convene at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre on 4 January for their first camp of the year ahead of the 2019 Women’s Six Nations which get underway against Ireland in Dublin on Friday 1 February.

England Women head coach Simon Middleton said: “These world-class players bring a wealth of talent and experience into the XVs programme.

“We know that it can take time to transition back but we look forward to seeing them in camp in the new year, when we will be in a position to announce the full squad.

“This is a really exciting year for England Women and we can’t wait to get underway in January ahead of the 2019 Six Nations.”

Head of England Sevens Simon Amor said: “This is a great opportunity for Emily, Jess and Natasha who are three very talented players and while we are obviously disappointed to see them go, we respect their decision and they have our full support.

“We have a very talented, young group of players in our current squad and while they are one of least experienced teams on the World Series they have already made a good impact. The growth from them as both individuals and as a group from Colorado to Dubai was clear for all to see, we are excited to see them continue to grow and develop over the coming months and showcase their talent on the World Series and European Circuit.”

Amy Wilson Hardy has re-joined the England Women Sevens programme with immediate effect, bringing with her a wealth of experience. A key member of the Team GB Rio 2016 squad, Wilson Hardy also represented Team England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, was selected for the recent Rugby World Cup Sevens and has been a prominent player on the World Series for a number of seasons.

The RFU first introduced professional contracts to its women’s sevens squad in August 2014 which saw the women’s programme become fully professional in-line with the men’s. The RFU integrated both men’s and women’s sevens programmes earlier this year by basing both teams out of the England Rugby High Performance Centre at the Lensbury in Teddington.

The RFU launched the Tyrrells Premier 15s in 2017 which saw the union invest £2.4 million in the new women’s domestic XVs competition with the aim to improve standards of the women’s game, as well as increase the talent pool available for selection for England in the future.

Under the RFU’s women and girls strategy, the union plans to double the number of participants by 2021, increase the number of women’s teams by more than 75% to 800, the number of active women’s clubs to more than 400, and get more women involved in the sport as referees, coaches and volunteers.

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Emily Scarratt will lead the side, starting at inside centre, with regular captain Sarah Hunter on the bench.

In the backs, England wing and Olympian, Amy Wilson-Hardy makes her World Cup debut alongside 2014 World Cup winners, Natasha Hunt, who makes her first appearance of the tournament at scrum half, and Amber Reed starting at fly half.

In the forwards, Marlie Packer will make her first 2017 World Cup outing at flanker with lock Tamara Taylor appearing in her fourth World Cup.

England’s most capped player Rochelle Clark is named at loose-head prop for her 126th international appearance,  joined in the front row by Justine Lucas and Amy Cokayne, who earned her first international honours for England against Italy in 2015.

Izzy Noel-Smith moves to blind-side flanker and Alex Matthews who scored a try in England’s opening pool game against Spain starts at No 8.

England Women head coach Simon Middleton said: “We have options available to us in terms of selection and running different combinations. We want to take full advantage of the depth, talent and experience in the squad. Our aim is to continually build and improve on performance, the team have recovered well and have been working hard over the past two days to ensure we are fully prepared for the next challenge.”

Middleton added: “We are expecting a tough and physical encounter. Italy have caused us plenty of problems in the past and are an incredibly talented side.”

England has faced Italy in two previous World Cups in 1991 and 2002 and last played in 2017 Six Nations where England secured a hard fought 29-15 win.

England match-day 23 against Italy, Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017

15. Danielle Waterman (Bristol, 71 caps)
14. Lydia Thompson (Worcester Valkyries, 33 caps)
13. Emily Scarratt (Lichfield, 70 caps) ©
12. Rachael Burford (Harlequins Ladies, 68 caps)
11. Amy Wilson-Hardy (Bristol, 7 caps)
10. Amber Reed (Bristol, 40 caps)
9. Natasha Hunt (Lichfield, 37 caps)

1. Rochelle Clark (Worcester Valkyries, 125 caps)
2. Amy Cokayne (Lichfield, 29 caps)
3. Justine Lucas (Lichfield, 23 caps)
4. Tamara Taylor (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, 106 caps)
5. Zoe Aldcroft (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, 5 caps)
6. Izzy Noel-Smith (Bristol, 33 caps)
7. Marlie Packer (Bristol, 47 caps)
8. Alex Matthews (Richmond, 33 caps)

16. Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, 9 caps)
17. Vickii Cornborough (Harlequins Ladies, 27 caps)
18. Poppy Cleall (Bristol, 13 caps)
19. Harriet Millar-Mills (Lichfield, 47 caps)
20. Sarah Hunter (Bristol, 94 caps)
21. La Toya Mason (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, 67 caps)
22. Katy Mclean (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, 87 caps)
23. Megan Jones (Bristol, 5 caps)

Schedule Pool B

England 56 v 5 Spain
Tries: Jones, Wilson (4), Scarratt, Millar-Mills, Matthews, Cokayne, Thompson
Conversions: Mclean (2), Scarratt

England v Italy
Sunday 13 August – Billings Park UCD, Dublin (KO 2.30pm)
Live coverage ITV1 from 2pm

England v USA
Thursday 17 August – Billings Park UCD, Dublin (KO 2.30pm)
Live coverage ITV4 from 2pm

Report courtesy of England Rugby