{"id":18202,"date":"2025-07-24T05:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/england-reveals-its-squad-for-the-womens-rugby-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:48:29","slug":"england-reveals-its-squad-for-the-womens-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/england-reveals-its-squad-for-the-womens-rugby-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"England reveals its squad for the Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0724%2Fr1522991_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nThe Red Roses coach, John Mitchell, has revealed the 32-player squad that will represent England at this year&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup. The tournament will be held on English soil.\n\nZoe Aldcroft will lead the team as captain. The team, which has 18 forwards and 14 backs, is notable for its vast experience in the sport.\n\nSeveral players are preparing to debut in the most important women&#8217;s rugby competition.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Abi Burton<\/li><li>May Campbell<\/li><li>Mackenzie Carson<\/li><li>Kelsey Clifford<\/li><li>Maddie Feaunati<\/li><li>Lilli Ives Campion<\/li><li>Jade Shekells<\/li><li>Emma Sing<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s an exceptional opportunity for this group to represent the Red Roses at a World Cup at home.<\/p><cite>John Mitchell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMitchell also commented on the selection process.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The selection process is never easy. We have worked for two years to find the perfect combination of position coverage, skills, mentality, and connection. We believe this is a team capable of winning the World Cup.<\/p><cite>John Mitchell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe Red Roses will seek to lift the trophy for the first time since 2014, the year they were crowned champions in France. In the 2022 edition, England reached the final, falling to New Zealand in Auckland.\n\nMitchell took office in 2023 and has guided the team to success, obtaining two consecutive Grand Slams in the Six Nations. England has not lost a match since the last World Cup final.\n\nEngland&#8217;s debut in the tournament will be against the United States at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on August 22.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Roses coach, John Mitchell, has revealed the 32-player squad that will represent England at this year&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup. The tournament will be held on English soil. Zoe Aldcroft will lead the team as captain. The team, which has 18 forwards and 14 backs, is notable for its vast experience in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[509,6253,203,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-18202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-england","9":"tag-red-roses","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18202","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=18202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}