England Women Head Coach, Stuart Barrow, has named his 20-player squad, and included five members of our Red V Women’s team.

Saints and England captain Jodie Cunningham heads up our selected players, despite missing last Saturday’s Origin match due to a slight hamstring injury.

It is a first senior international call-up for 22-year-old Phoebe Hook, who has previously been part of England’s training camps, but could now be in line to earn her first international cap on Saturday.

Emily Rudge has been recalled into the England team, after missing out the last squad that travelled to Las Vegas to face Australia back in March.

Saints hooker Katie Mottershead and prop Vicky Whitfield, who captained Lancashire at this past weekend’s Origin fixture, are also named by Barrow for the game against Wales.

Saturday will be England’s first trip to Wales since 2022, with both teams preparing for the Rugby League World Cup in Australia in late 2026 – which will be Wales’s first appearance in the tournament.

England Women Head Coach, Stuart Barrow, says: “It’s been incredibly difficult to decide who will travel to face Wales this Saturday especially after we have just played a really intense Origin fixture that pushed both sides to their limits.

“I think we have a strong squad going into the fixture and we’re looking forward to returning to Wales for the first time since 2022 as we continue our preparations for next year’s World Cup.

“We have some new names coming into the squad which reflects the form shown in Super League this year and it’s going to be really exciting for everyone involved welcoming them into camp – I’ll be looking to the senior internationals to help settle them in and show them what it means to be an England player.”

Tickets for the fixture against Wales are on sale here, priced at:

  • Adults: £10
  • 11 and under: Free
  • Concessions: £7
  • Ages 12-16: £5
  • Family (two adults and two ages 12-16): £25


England Women squad

Savannah Andrade (York Valkyrie), Grace Banks (Wigan Warriors), Ruby Bruce, Evie Cousins (both Leeds Rhinos), Jodie Cunningham (St Helens), Anna Davies, Jenna Foubister, Eva Hunter (all Wigan Warriors), Phoebe Hook (St Helens), Molly Jones (Wigan Warriors), Katie Mottershead (St Helens), Lucy Murray, Izzy Northrop (both Leeds Rhinos), Eboni Partington (York Valkyrie), Emily Rudge (St Helens), Isabel Rowe (Wigan Warriors), Bella Sykes (Leeds Rhinos), Georgia Wilson (Wigan Warriors), Liv Wood (York Valkyrie), Vicky Whitfield (St Helens)