England U18 Women’s Head Coach, James Cooper, and Assistant Coach, Ollie Perry, have named three Gloucester-Hartpury players in their 24-player matchday squad to face Ireland this Sunday. Daisy Aspinall returns amongst five other previously capped players at U18 level. She is named at fullback and also captains the side. Abigail Pritchard, member of Gloucester-Hartpury's CoE squad is selected on the right wing and Rebecca Jackson starts at inside centre.. “An unbelievable amount of work has gone into the preparation for this fixture, and I’d like to thank the players, parents and fellow staff members for their commitment,” said James Cooper, England U18 Women’s Head Coach.

“We had a recent meeting at Wellington College where we brought together our Elite Player Squad once again after our camps in Nottingham, and we feel very confident in our abilities and the learnings we have taken from this season’s preparations. This weekend, we’re looking to be daring and challenge the squad’s skillsets ahead of the U18 Six Nations Festival.

“We’re excited to now put these into practice this weekend, Ireland are equipped with great talent and it will be great to measure our strengths against them away from home.” #### Starting XV 15 Daisy Aspinall (Hartpury College, Gloucester-Hartpury)\* (C)

14 Abigail Pritchard (Hartpury College, Gloucester-Hartpury)

13 Molly Bunker (Hartpury College, Harlequins)

12 Rebecca Jackson (Hartpury College, Gloucester-Hartpury)

11 Joanne Vosakiwaiwai (City of Oxford College, Thames Valley)

10 Natalee Evans (Hereford College, Worcester)\*

9 Ashton Adcock (Loughborough College, Loughborough Lightning)

1 Bethan Candlin (Loughborough College, Yorkshire)

2 Heidi Pashaei Tarighoun (SGS College, Bristol Bears)\*

3 Ruby Winstanley (The Farnborough Sixth Form, Harlequins)

4 Kaya Acton (Bishop Burton College, Yorkshire)

5 Gabriella Brown (Maidstone Grammar, Harlequins)

6 Iley Bailey (Henley College, Harlequins)

7 Hayley Jones (Henley College, Thames Valley)

8 Isabel van der Straaten (Mossbourne Community Academy, Saracens) ####
Replacements
16 Amy Henwood (Epsom College, Harlequins)

17 Keira Muir (Oaklands College, Saracens)\\\\\\\*

18 Zara Green (Newman College, Harlequins)

19 Lucie Sams (Carmel College St Helens, Sale Sharks)\\\\\\\*

20 Lottie Ball (Corsham Sixth Form, Bristol Bears)

21 Poppy Love (Henley College, Thames Valley)

22 Emily Lunn (Henley College, Harlequins)

23 Jessica Doyle (Sacred Heart Sixth Form, North East & Cumbria)

24 Sophia Macdonald (Newman College, Harlequins)

\\\\\\\*denotes a player previously capped at U18 level

Three Gloucester-Hartpury players named in the England U18 squad vs Ireland

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