By Priscilla JepchumbaJohn Mitchell has announced the 30 players who will travel to Canada to defend their WXV 1 title. It will be their first time participating in the world event. Lily-Eves Campion and Georgia Brock have been chosen to make their tour debuts,

Poppy Cleall is the highest-profile omission from England’s 30-player squad for WXV1 in Canada.Cleall, the Saracens back-rower who missed out on a Red Roses contract earlier this summer, made her first appearance of the John Mitchell era against France earlier this month,

Top-ranked England has downed world champion New Zealand 24-12 at Twickenham a year out from the next Women’s Rugby World Cup.

By Priscilla Jepchumba England began preparing for WXV1 with a strong 38-19 victory over France in the Six Nations. England has consistently outperformed France