England Women training squad update

England Women will convene at Loughborough University on Thursday (4 October) for a four-day training camp.
 
England Women Head Coach Simon Middleton has called together 36 players ahead of the three-Test Quilter Internationals which take place next month.
                             
Vicky Fleetwood, Sarah McKenna, Lydia Thompson and Millie Wood return to the 15-aside setup after time in the England Sevens programme last season.
 
Gloucester-Hartpury lock Zoe Aldcroft is named in the training squad for the first time in a year having last played for England during the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup. Uncapped scrum-half Claudia Macdonald and centres Carys Williams and Tatyana Heard ( are also named.
 
 
Ahead of the Quilter Internationals in November, an England squad will be named on 18 October before the first Test against USA at Allianz Park on Friday 9 November.
 
The Red Roses then travel to Doncaster at Castle Park on Sunday 18 November before heading to Twickenham where they play Ireland on Saturday 24 November following the conclusion of the men’s game.
 
 
England Women will play the Quilter Internationals under an EPS agreement before 28 full-time contracts are introduced on 1 January 2019.
 
Red Roses Training Squad
 
FORWARDS (19)
Sasha Acheson (Gloucester-Hartpury)
Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury)
Sarah Beckett (Firwood Waterloo)
Hannah Botterman (Saracens)
Jo Brown (Loughborough Lightning)
Shaunagh Brown (Harlequins)
Rowena Burnfield (Richmond FC)
Poppy Cleall (Saracens)
Vickii Cornborough (Harlequins)
Lark Davies (Worcester Valkyries)
Vicky Fleetwood (Saracens)
Sarah Hunter (Loughborough Lightning)
Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks)
Justine Lucas (Loughborough Lightning)
Catherine O'Donnell (Loughborough Lightning)
Marlie Packer (Saracens)
Ellena Perry (Saracens)
Connie Powell (Gloucester-Hartpury)
Abbie Scott (Harlequins)
 
BACKS (17)
Lucy Attwood (Bristol Bears)
Racheal Burford (Harlequins)
Katy Daly-Mclean (Loughborough Lightning)
Abby Dow (Wasps FC Ladies)
Ellie Green (Harlequins)
Zoe Harrison (Saracens)
Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury)
Claudia Macdonald (Wasps FC Ladies)
Caity Mattinson (Bristol Bears)
Sarah McKenna (Saracens)
Charlotte Pearce (Loughborough Lightning)
Amber Reed (Bristol Bears)
Leanne Riley (Harlequins)
Kelly Smith (Gloucester-Hartpury)
Lydia Thompson (Worcester Valkyries)
Millie Wood (Gloucester-Hartpury)
Carys Williams (Loughborough Lightning)
 
Unavailable through injury
Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears)
Lagi Tuima (Bristol Bears)