{"id":115649,"date":"2026-03-25T07:18:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/england-womens-rugby-7-debutants-in-the-2026-six-nations\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T07:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:18:46","slug":"england-womens-rugby-7-debutants-in-the-2026-six-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/england-womens-rugby-7-debutants-in-the-2026-six-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"England Women&#8217;s Rugby: 7 Debutants in the 2026 Six Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0922%2Fr1549424_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nThe England team has announced its 38-player squad for the 2026 Guinness Women&#8217;s Six Nations Tournament. Head coach John Mitchell has included seven players who could make their tournament debut.\n\nThe English team is full of experience, with coach Mitchell selecting 25 players who achieved the world championship last year. Among them is the new captain, Meg Jones.\n\nThe players who could debut are: Christiana Balogun, Millie David, Haineala Lutui, Annabel Meta, Sarah Parry, Demelza Short and Jodie Verghese.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s great to be together again, ready to earn the right again after the Rugby World Cup.<\/p><cite>John Mitchell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMitchell also highlighted the impact of the tournament across the country, reflected in ticket sales, both for the matches at the Allianz Stadium and Ashton Gate, as well as throughout the Six Nations tournament.\n\nEngland captain Zoe Stratford announced her pregnancy.\n\nThe Red Roses are starting a new chapter. The Six Nations tournament is crucial for us, and we know that success in this competition has to be earned every time.\n\nMitchell expressed his enthusiasm for the energy that the younger players will bring to the team, along with the experienced players. He also emphasized the importance of being open to player combinations and observing how they compete with each other under pressure.\n\nAmy Cokayne and Alex Matthews will be the vice-captains, according to the Rugby Football Union.\n\nThe Red Roses arrive at the Six Nations tournament as defending champions, after securing their 21st title last year with a victory on the final day against France.\n\nThis year, they will begin their home campaign against Ireland on April 11 at Allianz Stadium and finish it away against France on May 17.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The England team has announced its 38-player squad for the 2026 Guinness Women&#8217;s Six Nations Tournament. Head coach John Mitchell has included seven players who could make their tournament debut. The English team is full of experience, with coach Mitchell selecting 25 players who achieved the world championship last year. Among them is the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[12427,509,203,510],"class_list":{"0":"post-115649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-debutants","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-six-nations"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}