ENGLAND meet USA in the first clash of the Women’s Rugby World Cup at the Stadium of Light!
World player of the year Ellie Kildunne will be hoping to guide the Red Rose to an opening day victory on home soil.
Ilona Maher will be hoping to repeat her Paris Olympics heroics as USA look to upset the odds against John Mitchell’s side.
The clash marks the 10th iteration of the tournament starting, with USA and England winning the first two tournaments, before New Zealand went on to win six of the next seven.
- Start-time: 7:30pm BST
- TV channel: BBC One
- FREE stream: BBC iPlayer
- England XV: Kildunne, Dow, Jones, Heard, Breach, Harrison, Hunt; Botterman, Cokayne, Muir, Talling, Ward, Aldcroft, Kabeya, Matthews
- USA XV: Sharp, Henrich, Maher, Kelter, Mataitoga, Hawkins, Ortiz, Johnson, Perris-Redding, Zackary, Jarrell-Searcy, Brody, 3 Sagapolu, Treder, Rogers
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