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England U21 Women name squad to face Scotland

Head coach LJ Lewis and assistant coach Sarah McKenna have selected their England U21 Women’s squad to face Scotland on Matchday 1 of the 2026 Six Nations Women’s U21 Series. Lewis’ side open the inaugural Series at the Hive Stadium, Edinburgh this Saturday (11:00 BST), with the game streamed live on the England Rugby YouTube channel. Gloucester-Hartpury back-row forward Sophie McQueen continues

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Red Roses squad update

Hannah Botterman and May Campbell have been ruled out of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations. Bristol Bears prop Botterman requires a second operation on an ankle injury sustained on club duty in December. Saracens hooker Campbell will have surgery on a knee injury next week. Both players will continue their rehabilitation with their respective clubs

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Red Roses team to play Ireland

The Red Roses return to action for the first time as World Champions as Ireland provide the opposition for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations opener at Allianz Stadium. A tournament record crowd of over 75,000 will be in attendance as John Mitchell’s side begin a new cycle under Megan Jones’ captaincy. The outside centre will

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England U21 Women name squad to face Spain

Head coach LJ Lewis and assistant coach Sarah McKenna have selected their England U21 Women’s matchday squad to face Spain senior women this weekend. Ahead of the Six Nations Women’s U21 Series, England U21 Women face Las Leonas at Estadio El Pantano, Villajoyosa in an uncapped fixture this Saturday (15:00 BST). The fixture will be available to stream on FER’s YouTube channel. Gloucester-Hartpury back-row forward Sophie McQueen

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England, Meet England documentary

All-new documentary, co-created by O2 and the RFU, details England women’s rugby team’s unbeaten path to World Cup victory The brand-new documentary showcasing the Red Roses’ path to a home Rugby World Cup victory will be shown on Thursday 9th April on ITVX. Co-created by the RFU and O2, longtime partner of England rugby and

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England U18 Women name squad to face Wales

England U18 Women’s head coach James Cooper and assistant coach Oli Perry have confirmed their matchday squad to face Wales in the opening round of the 2026 Under-18 Women’s Six Nations Festival. Cooper’s side open their tournament at Wellington College this Thursday (16:30 BST kick-off) after two warm-up wins over Hartpury College and Ireland. All Six Nations Festival fixtures

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U20 Women name squad for opposed training vs Canada

Head coach LJ Lewis and assistant coach Sarah McKenna have selected their 30-player squad for this week’s England U21 Women’s development camp at Bisham Abbey. Commencing today, the three-day training black in Berkshire sees Lewis’ side host Canada U21 Women for a behind-closed-doors, opposed training session in preparation for the upcoming Six Nations Women’s U21

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John Mitchell makes his first pick

Mitchell has selected a 38-strong training squad for the 2026 Six Nations campaign. The balance is 22 forwards, 16 backs. There is a simple equation: six have to be omitted from the final squad: there are seven uncapped players listed – Christiana Balogun, Haineala Lutui, Annabel Meta, Demelza Short, Jodie Verghese, Millie David and Sarah

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