England centre Emily Scarratt will become the first Red Roses player to take part in five World Cups after she was named in John Mitchell\u2019s 32-player squad for the tournament which begins next month.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old first appeared at the 2010 edition before being part of the side that was victorious in 2014 when England defeated Canada in the final.<\/p>\n
There is also a call-up for scrum-half Natasha Hunt, who was a surprise omission when the team finished as runners-up three years ago, while Zoe Aldcroft, who skippered England to a Women\u2019s Six Nations Grand Slam after inheriting the captaincy from Marlie Packer in January, will lead the side on home soil.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Emma Sing will be among eight World Cup debutants after she stepped in for current World Rugby player of the year Ellie Kildunne for the decisive Six Nations win over France in April.<\/p>\n
Packer and Number 8 Alex Matthews are included and will each be participating in their fourth World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe selection process is never easy,\u201d said Mitchell, whose side begin their campaign against the United States in Sunderland on August 22.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a thorough two-year process to select the right blend of positional cover, skill, mindset and connection \u2013 we believe this is a squad that can win the World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery experience and challenge has brought the 32 to this point in their life and career, and they have all earned their place.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey should be proud of the opportunity to create history together whilst knowing we have to earn the right to progress throughout the World Cup.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England centre Emily Scarratt will become the first Red Roses player to take part in five World Cups…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,16,16849,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-287803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-uk-sports","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114908022478461992","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}