RED ROSES CONFIRMING FIRST TRAINING SQUAD OF 2024

Eight different Premiership Women's Rugby clubs are represented in England head coach John Mitchell's first Red Roses camp of 2024.

The squad will assemble on Monday 22 January for three days as England begin their preparations for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations which starts in late March.   Of his squad, Mitchell said: “We are excited to come together for our first camp of 2024 and build on the positive experience of WXV and introduce some new people to what we are about.   “It is our first opportunity to revisit what we value, update our athletic profiling data of the group and re-focus on where our game is working and where we take it to next.”

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38-player training squad:   Forwards (21)   Maisy Allen (Exeter Chiefs, 5 caps) Lark Atkin-Davies (Bristol Bears, 54 caps) Sarah Beckett (Gloucester-Hartpury, 34 caps) Hannah Botterman (Bristol Bears, 42 caps) Mackenzie Carson (Gloucester-Hartpury, 10 caps) Kelsey Clifford (Saracens, 3 caps) May Campbell (Saracens, 1 cap) Rosie Galligan (Saracens, 14 caps) Lizzie Hanlon (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped) Daisy Hibbert-Jones (Loughborough Lightning, 1 cap) Lilli Ives Campion (Loughborough Lightning, uncapped) Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning, 13 caps) Sharifa Kasolo (Saracens, uncapped) Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury, 62 caps) Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury, 25 caps) Gabriella Nigrelli (Bristol Bears, uncapped) Cath O’Donnell (Loughborough Lightning, 30 caps) Marlie Packer (Saracens, 99 caps) Ellena Perry (Gloucester-Hartpury, 10 caps) Connie Powell (Harlequins, 14 caps) Abbie Ward (Bristol Bears, 61 caps)   Backs (17)   Holly Aitchison (Bristol Bears, 25 caps) Sophie Bridger (Saracens, 2 caps) Jess Breach (Saracens, 33 caps) Katie Buchanan (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped) Merryn Doidge (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped) Abby Dow (Trailfinders Women, 40 caps) Sydney Gregson (Saracens, 3 caps) Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury, 18 caps) Natasha Hunt (Gloucester-Hartpury, 67 caps) Megan Jones (Leicester Tigers, 16 caps) Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins, 38 caps) Claudia MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs, 32 caps) Lucy Packer (Harlequins, 16 caps) Amber Reed (Bristol Bears, 67 caps) Helena Rowland (Loughborough Lightning, 28 caps) Emma Sing (Gloucester-Hartpury, 6 caps) Ella Wyrwas (Saracens, 6 caps)