England have named an unchanged starting line up for their Rugby World Cup opener against the USA in Sunderland on Friday.

England head into their home World Cup as red-hot favourites amid record-breaking ticket sales and optimism of women’s rugby hitting new heights. The formidable Red Roses have swept aside all before them since suffering defeat to New Zealand in the final of the 2022 tournament.

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.