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England Women's Under 20s team for Nations Cup final
The England Women's Under 20s team to take on Canada in the final of the
inaugural Nations Cup on Saturday at the Appleby College in Toronto,
kick-off 10pm BST, has today been announced.
England Under 20s Head Coach Giselle Mather has selected a strong squad
which she hopes can repeat the 31-5 defeat they inflicted on Canada in
the opening game of the tournament a week ago. Since then England have
gone on to record victories against Canada A and Wales to book their
place in the final.
Worcester prop Laura Keates will captain the side for her fourth game on
the trot and Lichfield's Emily Scarratt, who is England's top try scorer
in the tournament with three touchdowns, will start at full-back.
Mather said: "We have selected a very strong side for the final again,
with power and pace out-wide. The players have worked very hard and
deserve the opportunity to stand up to Canada again in what will
undoubtedly be another very physical confrontation.
"We are expecting Canada to come out hard to try to avenge their earlier
defeat to us. The standard of rugby at this tournament has been very
high and we are looking forward to seeing that continue in the final. We
have identified areas to work on during the week and hope that we can
put these in place in the final."
Mather added: "This tournament has been a great learning environment for
the players; they have been under pressure against some very physical
sides and the quick turnaround of the games and the heat has been
demanding."
Canada head into the final on the back of wins over Wales and Canada A.
England Under 20s
1 Laura Keates (c) Worcester
2 DaviniaMonteiro Wasps
3 Victoria Cornborough Richmond
4 Rowena Burnfield Richmond
5 Juliet Short Darlington Mowden
Park
6 Isabelle Noel-Smith Bath
7 Marlie Packer Bath
8 Nicola Hoole Bath
9 Sarah Guest Worcester
11 Samantha Bree Worcester
12 Sara McKenna Old Albanian Saints
13 Rose Fong Darlington Mowden Park
14 Natasha Hunt Bath
15 Emily Scarratt Lichfield
16 Charlotte Male Ivel Barbarians
17 Victoria Fleetwood Lichfield
18 Hannah Field Reading
19 Brigid Reeves Leeds Leos
20 Rachel Fraser Morpeth
21 April Brown
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