BREAKING: Red Roses confirm England Rugby World Cup squad

byRugby Rucker

Sarah Hunter captains the 32-player England Rugby World Cup squad, which comprises 19 forwards and 13 backs.

The squad includes six who were part of the 2014 World Cup winning squad, while 19 members of the group are set to make their maiden World Cup appearances in New Zealand.

Red Roses vs Fiji - Saturday 8 October - KO 4:45am
Red Roses vs France - Saturday 15 October - KO 8am
Red Roses vs South Africa - Sunday 23 October - KO 5:45am

England Rugby World Cup squad

All fixtures are available to watch on ITV.

Forwards

Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury)

Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears)

Hannah Botterman (Saracens)

Shaunagh Brown (Harlequins)

Poppy Cleall (Saracens)

Amy Cokayne (Harlequins)

Vickii Cornborough (Harlequins)

Lark Davies (Bristol Bears)

Rosie Galligan (Harlequins)

Sarah Hunter (C - Loughborough Lightning)

Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning)

Laura Keates (University of Worcester Warriors)

Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury)

Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury)

Cath O'Donnell (Loughborough Lightning)

Marlie Packer (Saracens)

Connie Powell (Gloucester-Hartpury)

Morwenna Talling (Loughborough Lightning)

Abbie Ward (Bristol Bears)

Backs

Holly Aitchison (Saracens)

Jess Breach (Saracens)

Abby Dow (Wasps)

Zoe Harrison (Saracens)

Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury)

Leanne Infante (Saracens)

Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins)

Claudia MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs)

Sarah McKenna (Saracens)

Lucy Packer (Harlequins)

Helena Rowland (Loughborough Lightning)

Emily Scarratt (VC - Loughborough Lightning)

Lydia Thompson (University of Worcester Warriors)

England’s Red Roses Jobs Outside Rugby – Firefighter, Occupational Therapist, Personal Trainer

Most England male players are usually set for life once they make the big time, but most members of the England Women's team have worked multiple jobs and are building for a future once they retire.

A number of the older players had to work part-time to support their careers, and England legend Sarah Hunter hopes they will be the last generation to do so.

Here is a look at the Red Roses jobs outside of rugby.

#1. Shaunagh Brown

It has been an incredible rise to international rugby for the forward, who only properly started playing the game at the age of 25 and two years later she had her first international cap.

Before rugby, she had a career in athletics, where she represented England in the hammer throw at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and a stint in boxing.

A qualified fire-fighter, she is also a former gas engineer and qualified commercial diver.

#2. Vicky Cornborough

Outside of rugby, Cornborough continues to work as an IT Business Development Manager.

#3. Lydia Thompson

Thompson worked as an occupational therapist for 2gether NHS Foundation Trust and applied to return to the NHS in April 2020 after the outbreak of COVID-19. Her husband, Tom, is also an occupational therapist

#4. Natasha Hunt

The scrum-half is a qualified teacher and previously trained at King Edward's School Birmingham in PE, before teaching at Sir Graham Balfour School in Stafford, also as a PE teacher.

#5. Hannah Botterman

The prop previously worked as both a waitress and a painter and decorator – roles she juggled simultaneously with appearances for top rugby union club Saracens and England.