Wing David To Make England Debut Against Wales

Elsewhere, England are down to a adjacent fourth-choice 2nd statement combination, pinch Lilli Ives Campion, who has suffered a knee injury, becoming nan latest fastener to beryllium sidelined.

Zoe Stratford, Abbie Ward and Rosie Galligan are each pregnant, while Morwenna Talling has been ruled retired of nan tourney pinch a limb wounded sustained successful nan opening-weekend triumph complete Ireland.

Abi Burton, a backmost row, and Delaney Burns, who won nan astir caller of her 3 erstwhile caps backmost successful 2023, will beryllium paired successful nan motor room.

The fly-half garment changes hands erstwhile much pinch Holly Aitchison backmost successful astatine 10 successful spot of rival Zoe Harrison.

Props MacKenzie Carson and Sarah Bern are promoted disconnected nan chair and into nan starting line-up on pinch 113-cap flanker Marlie Packer.

Despite nan disruption and debuts, England's spot successful extent is apt to beryllium capable to spot disconnected a Wales broadside who person vanished bottommost of nan array successful nan past 2 Six Nations campaigns.

England: Kildunne; David, Jones (c), Rowland, Moloney-MacDonald; Aitchison, L Packer; Carson, Cokayne, Bern, Burton, Burns, Kabeya, M Packer, Feaunati.

Replacements: Powell, Clifford, Muir, Lutui, Short, Robinson, Harrison, Breach