Scarratt to make 100th England start against NZ

Women's Test: England v New Zealand

Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Date: Saturday, 14 September Kick-off: 14:30 BST

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Centre Emily Scarratt will commencement her 100th crippled for England connected Saturday against New Zealand successful nan first fixture astatine nan recently named Allianz Stadium.

The 34-year-old is group to travel Sarah Hunter and Rochelle Clark successful becoming nan 3rd England subordinate to make 100 starts, and is 1 of 5 changes from nan starting XV that defeated France 38-19 successful Gloucester past weekend.

In a new-look beforehand row, Mackenzie Carson, Lark Atkin-Davies and Sarah Bern each travel successful for Hannah Botterman, Amy Cokayne and Maud Muir.

Lock Abbie Ward returns from wounded for Sale's Morwenna Talling, who is named arsenic a replacement.

Scarratt's Loughborough Lightning team-mate Helena Rowland is named connected nan chair pursuing her try-scoring return against France, arsenic nan only backline change.

The crippled against nan world champions is nan 2nd warm-up lucifer earlier WXV later this month, and will beryllium nan first played since Twickenham's naming authorities were sold to Allianz.

Scarratt was moved from her accustomed position of extracurricular centre to wrong centre by England caput coach John Mitchell for this year's Six Nations, but struggled to nail down her caller position aft only returning from cervix surgery, which ruled nan 34-year-old retired for complete a year.

"It [100 starts] is simply a awesome accomplishment and we request those benignant of group successful our game. She is an inspiration to nan early and now," Mitchell said.

"She will still enactment successful nan crippled extracurricular of playing arsenic she is simply a bully person. You tin show her crippled still intends a batch to her.

"Some players, erstwhile they get to a constituent of a bid of cumulative injuries, make it a large situation to travel backmost but she has sewage immoderate finishing goals [in her career] location which is really important.

"I americium much willing successful acquisition and enthusiasm, she has both."

The Black Ferns were nan past broadside to hit England, securing a melodramatic triumph successful nan World Cup last successful 2022, though Mitchell's broadside gained immoderate revenge by defeating them successful Auckland to triumph past year's WXV tournament.

Mitchell, who coached nan All Blacks from 2001–2003, besides comes up against his autochthonal country.

"I americium respectful but for illustration immoderate force I americium arsenic competitory arsenic anyone, sloppy of being calved successful New Zealand aliases holding a New Zealand passport," nan 60-year-old added.

"It gave maine nan opportunity to beryllium present now, I will ne'er hide that."

Gloucester-Hartpury's Georgia Brock is group to make her debut successful nan backmost statement disconnected nan bench.

Exeter Chiefs flanker Maddie Feaunati made her first commencement for nan Red Roses against France astatine Kingsholm Stadium and is retained successful nan starting XV.

The 22-year-old is joined by skipper Marlie Packer and number 8 Alex Matthews successful an unchanged backmost row.

Inside centre Tatyana Heard will partner nan 112-cap Scarratt successful midfield, while nan ever-present backmost 3 of Abby Dow, Jess Breach and Ellie Kildunne remains unchanged.

Only scrum-half Natasha Hunt, Packer and Scarratt past from New Zealand's last sojourn to Twickenham successful December 2012.

More than 40,000 fans are expected astatine Allianz Stadium connected Saturday.

England: Kildunne; Dow, Scarratt, Heard, Breach; Aitchison, Hunt; Carson, Atkin-Davies, Bern, Aldcroft, Ward, Feaunati, M Packer (capt), Matthews.

Replacements: Cokayne, Botterman, Muir, Talling, Brock, L Packer, Harrison, Rowland.