Reed named in Red Roses squad ahead of Le Crunch

Little over 9 days since claiming the Grand Slam Six Nations title in Italy the training group will reassemble at Bisham Abbey today before flying to France for Saturday’s test match.

Sarah Bern will unfortunately miss out on travelling to France after sustaining an injury in Saturday’s 40-18 victory over Sale Shark Women.

Middleton said: “We were absolutely delighted to win the Grand Slam in Italy.



“This is a group that’s trained really well, and we’re pleased with how we’re progressing. Training is competitive and that was reflected in our performance over in Italy.



“While we have a number of absentees, we have real strength-in-depth as shown in our training squad selection.”

England Women 30-player training squad in full:

Forwards

Sarah Beckett (Harlequins Women, 18 caps), Shaunagh Brown (Harlequins Women, 18 caps), Abi Burton (Wasps FC Ladies, 0 caps), Poppy Cleall (Saracens Women, 41 caps), Amy Cokayne (Harlequins Women, 51 caps), Vickii Cornborough (Harlequins Women, 54 caps), Lark Davies (Loughborough Lightning, 26 caps), Detysha Harper (Loughborough Lightning, 2 caps), Sarah Hunter (Loughborough Lightning, 123 caps), Laura Keates (Worcester Warriors, 60 caps), Heather Kerr (Wasps FC Ladies, 23 caps), Alex Matthews (Worcester Warriors, 37 caps), Harriet Millar-Mills (Wasps FC Ladies, 56 caps), Marlie Packer (Saracens Women, 72 caps), Morwenna Talling (Loughborough Lightning, 1 cap), Abbie Ward (Harlequins Women, 43 caps)



Backs


Holly Aitchison (Saracens Women, 0 caps), Jess Breach (Harlequins Women, 14 caps), Katy Daley-Mclean (Sale Sharks Women, 115 caps), Abby Dow (Wasps FC Ladies, 13 caps), Zoe Harrison (Saracens Women, 24 caps), Megan Jones (Wasps FC Ladies, 9 caps), Ellie Kildunne (Wasps FC Ladies, 9 caps), Claudia MacDonald (Wasps FC Ladies, 10 caps), Amber Reed (Bristol Bears Women, 58 caps), Leanne Riley (Harlequins Women, 37 caps), Helena Rowland (Loughborough Lightning, 1 cap), Emily Scarratt (Loughborough Lightning, 90 caps), Kelly Smith (Gloucester-Hartpury Women, 13 caps), Lagi Tuima (Harlequins Women, 5 caps)