England Women have named an unchanged squad for Saturday’s game against Wales at The Stoop (6.05pm).
With the team unbeaten so far this Six Nations, Lead Coach Scott Bemand has chosen to keep the same squad that defeated reigning champions Ireland at Twickenham two weeks ago.
The starting XV sees second-row Tamara Taylor start to earn her 90th England cap, moving Abbie Scott to blindside flanker and Harriet Millar-Mills on the bench.
“We believe we have the right squad to take on Wales at Twickenham Stoop on Saturday,” said former North Midlnds coach Bemand.
“We know what an important game this is – Wales will come with confidence after their recent win where their defence was impressive to hold off the French.
“The starting XV hold a total of 568 caps between them – that is a significant amount of international experience.”
England kicked off their 2016 Six Nations campaign with a 32-0 win over Scotland, followed by a hard fought 33-24 win in Italy, before seeing off champions Ireland 13-9 at Twickenham on 27 February to put them top of the Six Nations table.
England team:
| 1 Rochelle Clark (Worcester, 108 caps) |
| 2 Emma Croker (Richmond, 61 caps) |
| 3 Vickii Cornborough (Richmond, 12 caps) |
| 4 Emily Braund (Lichfield, 21 caps) |
| 5 Tamara Taylor (Darlington Mowden Park, 89 caps) |
| 6 Abbie Scott (Darlington Mowden Park, 13 caps) |
| 7 Izzy Noel-Smith (Bristol, 15 caps) |
| 8 Sarah Hunter © (Bristol, 76 caps) |
| 9 La Toya Mason (Darlington Mowden Park, 52 caps) |
| 10 Amber Reed (Bristol, 27 caps) |
| 11 Lotte Clapp (Saracens, 5 caps) |
| 12 Ceri Large (Worcester, 45 caps) |
| 13 Lauren Cattell (Saracens, 16 caps) |
| 14 Lydia Thompson (Worcester, 20 caps) |
| 15 Katie Mason (Bristol, 8 caps) |
| Replacements |
| 16 Amy Cokayne (Lichfield, 11 caps) |
| 17 Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park, 5 caps) |
| 18 Bee Dawson (Wasps, 3 caps) |
| 19 Harriet Millar-Mills (Lichfield, 29 caps) |
| 20 Poppy Leitch (Bristol, 2 caps) |
| 21 Bianca Blackburn (Worcester, 11 caps) |
| 22 Ruth Laybourn (Darlington Mowden Park, 15 caps) |
| 23 Leanne Riley (Richmond, 8 caps) |