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England Women Lead Coach Scott Bemand has made two changes to the bench from the squad that beat Scotland ahead of their second Six Nations match against Italy away on Saturday (2pm, live on EnglandRugby.com).
England begun their 2016 Six Nations campaign with a confident 32-0 victory away last weekend, scoring five tries in the process and blooding four uncapped players.
Bemand has added uncapped Poppy Leitch (Bristol) and Lydia Thompson (Worcester) to the bench in place of Lucy Demaine (Bristol) and Courtney Gill (Worcester)
‘LOTS OF POSITIVES’
“There are a lot of positives to take away from the game against Scotland and it was great to have made a good start in the tournament,” said Bemand.
“However, there is also plenty to work on; our accuracy let us down at times and this is something we will look to improve this weekend against Italy.
“The Scotland squad put plenty of pressure on us and we had to manage the game. Conditions weren’t ideal but we were pleased to walk away with that score.
“The weekend’s results have not made us complacent, the Italians are investing in their programme, we know that they can deliver an upset at home and we’re not expecting it to be easy.”
The game kicks off at 2pm GMT from Stadio Gino Pistoni, Ivrea, and will be broadcast live on EnglandRugby.com
| England team to play Italy |
|---|
| 15. Katie Mason (Bristol, 7 caps) |
| 14. Ruth Laybourn (Darlington Mowden Park, 12 caps) |
| 13. Lauren Cattell (Saracens, 14 caps) |
| 12. Ceri Large (Worcester, 43 caps) |
| 11. Lotte Clapp (Saracens, 3 caps) |
| 10. Amber Reed (Bristol, 25 caps) |
| 9. La Toya Mason (Darlington Mowden Park, 50 caps) |
| 1. Rochelle Clark (Worcester, 106 caps) |
| 2. Amy Cokayne (Lichfield, 9 caps) |
| 3. Vickii Cornborough (Richmond, 10 caps) |
| 4. Abbie Scott (Darlington Mowden Park, 11 caps) |
| 5. Emily Braund (Lichfield, 19 caps) |
| 6. Harriet Millar-Mills (Lichfield, 27 caps) |
| 7. Izzy Noel-Smith (Bristol, 13 caps) |
| 8. Sarah Hunter (Bristol, 74 caps) |
| Replacements |
| 16. Emma Croker (Richmond, 59 caps) |
| 17. Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park, 3 caps) |
| 18. Bee Dawson (Wasps, 1 caps) |
| 19. Poppy Leitch (Bristol, uncapped) |
| 20. Poppy Cleall (Saracens, 1 caps) |
| 21. Bianca Blackburn (Worcester, 9 caps) |
| 22. Leanne Riley (Richmond, 6 caps) |
| 23. Lydia Thompson (Worcester, 18 caps) |