Four Saracens Women players to start for the Red Roses against France
Hannah Botterman, Marlie Packer, Zoe Harrison and Sarah McKenna will start for England Women when they face France on Saturday 9th November in Clermont.
Poppy Cleall and Vicky Fleetwood have been named on the bench for the Red Roses trip to Stade Marcel Michelin.
Botterman will scrum down alongside Lark Davies and Sarah Bern in the front row while Packer is joined by Sarah Beckett and Sarah Hunter in the backrow.
Harrison partners Emily Scarratt in midfield while McKenna will work with Jess Breach and Abby Dow in the back three trio.
Starters
15 Sarah McKenna (Saracens Women – 25 caps)
14 Abby Dow (Wasps FC Ladies – 6 caps)
13 Emily Scarratt (VC) (Loughborough Lightning – 82 caps)
12 Zoe Harrison (Saracens Women – 17 caps)
11 Jess Breach (Harlequins Women – 7 caps)
10 Katy Daley-Mclean (Loughborough Lightning – 107 caps)
9 Leanne Riley (Harlequins Women – 31 caps)
1 Hannah Botterman (Saracens Women – 14 caps)
2 Lark Davies (Loughborough Lightning – 21 caps)
3 Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears Women – 28 caps)
4 Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury Women – 13 caps)
5 Abbie Scott (Harlequins Women – 40 caps)
6 Sarah Beckett (Harlequins Women – 10 caps)
7 Marlie Packer (Saracens Women – 68 caps)
8 Sarah Hunter (C) (Loughborough Lightning – 116 caps)
Finishers
16 Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks – 19 caps)
17 Ellena Perry (Gloucester-Hartpury Women – 7 caps)
18 Shaunagh Brown (Harlequins Women – 10 caps)
19 Poppy Cleall (Saracens Women – 33 caps)
20 Vicky Fleetwood (Saracens Women – 69 caps)
21 Natasha Hunt (Gloucester-Hartpury Women – 47 caps)
22 Emily Scott (Harlequins Women – 32 caps)
23 Lydia Thompson (Worcester Warriors Women – 44 caps)
SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER - FRANCE WOMEN V ENGLAND WOMEN
Stade Marcel Michelin, Clermont (KO 1310 GMT, live on Sky Sports Mix and Arena)