England have named an unchanged side for their Women's Rugby World Cup opener against the United States in Sunderland on Friday. Red Roses boss John Mitchell has kept faith with the same starting 15 from the 40-6 warm-up victory over France, their second of two warm-up fixtures which took place earlier this month.

England coach John Mitchell has named an unchanged team from their final warm-up game for the Women's Rugby World Cup opener against the United States in Sunderland on Friday."Our focus for the first match of the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 is very much on ourselves and executing our game plan to put pressure on England,

The USA women's rugby team have arrived ahead of their match with England next week. It is the first time the women's rugby world cup has been hosted in Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. The match will be played on 22 August at 19:30 BST with both teams hoping to get off to a winning start in the tournament.