England Women's A Team announced to face Russia


By RFU Press Office
May 3 2011

England Women A have made nine changes for their final European Trophy pool game which sees England take on Russia on Wednesday, kick off 5pm BST, in Coruna, Spain.

England Women's A team announced for final European Trophy pool game

Only Lichfield’s Stacy Maguire, Darlington Mowden Park’s Georgina Roberts and Bristol trio Isabelle Noel Smith, Amber Reed and Nicola Hoole start a second successive game. Lichfield’s Rosemarie Crowley returns in the front row to captain England A.

After a 5-0 win over Italy A and a 36-0 victory over the Netherlands A England are at the top of the table in Pool B while Spain lead the pack in Pool A.

England A Head Coach Mike Barnett said: “There were some good performances in the game against the Netherlands which made selection difficult and the team reflects a balance of managing fatigue and looking at some combinations.

“We are looking to continue to develop our team cohesion. Russia look to have a lot of pace with some of their top Sevens players here and they are dangerous out-wide.  The aim for this match is to get our third win of the tournament and qualify for the European Trophy final in good shape.”

England A

15        Georgina       Roberts          (Darlington Mowden Park)

14        Sophie           Nicholas        (Richmond)

13        Amber            Reed  (Bristol)

12        Ceri     Large  (Worcester)

11        Fran    Matthews       (Richmond)

10        Sarah McKenna       (Old Albanians)

9          Georgina       Rozario          (Lichfield)

1          Claire             Purdy(Wasps)

2          Ollie    Poore(Wasps)

3          Rosemary      Crowley         (Lichfield) Captain

4          Tamara          Taylor(Darlington Mowden Park)

5          Stacey            Maguire         (Lichfield)

6          Isabelle          Noel Smith    (Bristol)

7          Jane   Leonard         (Wasps)

8          NicolaHoole(Bristol)

Replacements:

16        Victoria           Fleetwood     (Lichfield)

17        Monica           Lewinska       (Bristol)

18        Charlotte        Male   (Bristol)

19        Rowena         Burnfield       (Richmond)

20        MarliePacker            (Bristol)

21        Sarah             Hunter (Lichfield)

22        Natasha         Hunt   (Lichfield)

23        Kim     Oliver  (Bristol)

24        Michaela        Staniford (Wasps)   

25        Kay     Wilson            (Richmond)

26        Natasha         Jones(Worcester)

Fixtures & Results

Saturday April 30th - Italy v England, KO 3pm BST, WON 5-0

Monday May 2nd – Netherlands v England, KO, WON 36-0

Wednesday May 4th – Russia v England, KO 5pm BST

Saturday May 7th – Finals Day, KO TBC

England Women's A Team announced to face Russia
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Date: 03/05/2011 17:35

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