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Rugby - 30. April 2007.

Womens England A team to face Italy announced

Women’s England A team to face Italy announced

Richmond’s Rebecca Essex will skipper England A in their second outing in the 2007 European Championships in Madrid on Monday.

After a 62-0, ten try victory against Russia in the opening game of the tournament England A take on Italy A at 2pm BST.

Thirsk fly-half Katy McLean, who made her full England debut in this season’s Grand Slam winning RBS 6 Nations, is vice-captain for the fixture. In all, only three players (Essex, Leah Carey and Katherine Merchant), who featured in the Russian victory, will start the second game.

England A head coach Amanda Bennett said: “This game is certainly going to be a step-up from our fixture against Russia on Saturday. Looking at the Italian squad they are fielding several players who actually play first team rugby so they are going to have a lot of experience. This fixture is certainly going to be the biggest game of our pool.

“We have made several changes to the starting line-up and this is because we have to get everyone in the squad some game time as soon as possible. With four games in seven games players need a chance to make their mark, but also have some rest.“

England A

 

1 Sophie Hemming (Clifton),

2 Samantha Dale (Worcester),

3 Rochelle Clark (Henley),

4 Rebecca Essex (C) (Richmond),

5 Emma Dresser (Lichfield),

6 Leah Carey (Lichfield),

7 Sonia Green (Saracens),

8 Sarah Beale (Leos),

9 Georgina Rozario (Plymouth Albion),

10 Katy McLean (VC) (Thirsk)

11 Amber Penrith (Cardiff),

12 Kimberly Oliver (Clifton),

13 Michaela Staniford (Wasps),

14 Katherine Merchant (Worcester),

15 Claire Allan (Saracens),

Replacements:

16 Emma Layland (Richmond),

17 Rosemarie Crowley (Lichfield),

18 Natalie Binstead (Wasps),

19 Sarah Hunter (Lichfield),

20 Harriet Slynn (Richmond),

21 Shelley Rae (Wasps),

22 Vicki Jackson (Lichfield)

England A European Championship fixtures:

 

Saturday April 28th England A v Russia kick-off 3pm BST, WON 62-0

Monday April 30th England A v Italy, kick-off 2pm BST

Wednesday May 2nd, England A v Spain, kick-off 11am BST

Saturday May 5th, Finals day TBC


Round
Date
Match
Venue
Kick Off
Result
Pool Stage
28/4/2007
England vs Russia
Spain
16:00
 
Pool Stage
30/4/2007
England vs Italy
Spain
15:00

Pool Stage
2/5/2007
Spain vs England
Spain
12:00

Finals Day
5/5/2007
TBC vs TBC
Spain
TBC

Results Table

Team
P
W
D
L
For
AGA
Diff
BP
Points
England
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Spain
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Italy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Russia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
  • 4 Points for a Win
  • 2 Points for Draw
  • Bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries
  • Bonus point for finishing within 7 points or less

 

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