April 29th, 2007
Henley's Rochelle Clark will skipper England A in their second outing in the 2007 European Championships in Madrid on Monday.
After a 62-0, ten try victory against Russia in the opening game of the tournament England A take on Italy A at 2pm BST.
Thirsk fly-half Katy McLean, who made her full England debut in this season’s Grand Slam winning RBS 6 Nations, is vice-captain for the fixture. In all, only three players (Rebecca Essex, Leah Carey and Katherine Merchant), who featured in the Russian victory, will start the second game.
England A head coach Amanda Bennett said: “This game is certainly going to be a step-up from our fixture against Russia on Saturday. Looking at the Italian squad they are fielding several players who actually play first team rugby so they are going to have a lot of experience. This fixture is certainly going to be the biggest game of our pool.
“We have made several changes to the starting line-up and this is because we have to get everyone in the squad some game time as soon as possible. With four games in seven games players need a chance to make their mark, but also have some rest.“
England A
1 Sophie Hemming (Clifton),
2 Samantha Dale (Worcester),
3 Rochelle Clark (Henley),
4 Rebecca Essex (C) (Richmond),
5 Emma Dresser (Lichfield),
6 Leah Carey (Lichfield),
7 Sonia Green (Saracens),
8 Sarah Beale (Leos),
9 Georgina Rozario (Plymouth Albion),
10 Katy McLean (VC) (Thirsk)
11 Amber Penrith (Cardiff),
12 Kimberly Oliver (Clifton),
13 Michaela Staniford (Wasps),
14 Katherine Merchant (Worcester),
15 Claire Allan (Saracens),
Replacements:
16 Emma Layland (Richmond),
17 Rosemarie Crowley (Lichfield),
18 Natalie Binstead (Wasps),
19 Sarah Hunter (Lichfield),
20 Harriet Slynn (Richmond),
21 Shelley Rae (Wasps),
22 Vicki Jackson (Lichfield)
England A European Championship fixtures:
Saturday April 28th England A v Russia kick-off 3pm BST, WON 62-0
Monday April 30th England A v Italy, kick-off 2pm BST
Wednesday May 2nd, England A v Spain, kick-off 11am BST
Saturday May 5th, Finals day TBC
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