England Women's

Six Worcester Ladies Payers have been selected to represent England at the forthcoming Women’s World Cup, to held in France during August, and one, Sian Williams, will be playing for Wales - a remarkable achievement having battled with serious knee injury for over a year.

Head coach Gary Street hopes England's women rugby team can lift the nation's spirits again at their World Cup in France next month.

With the eyes of the sporting world firmly fixed on the football World Cup in Brazil, you could be forgiven for not realising that there is another major international tournament just around the corner – the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

England claimed victory in the opening leg of the FIRA-AER Women's Sevens Championship after beating the hosts Russia 24-20 in the final in Moscow.

Rochelle Clark has set her sights on becoming England's most capped player as she closes in on Amy Garnett's record of a century of appearances.

England Women put their Six Nations title ambitions back on track in Aberdeen with a dominant 11-try victory over Scotland in the second round.

England Women had to settle for second best in the opening weekend of Six Nations action with France taking a two-try, 18-6 victory at the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble on Saturday.

England number eight Sarah Hunter insists a steely determination will fuel the quest to regain the Six Nations crown surrendered to Ireland last year.