when England beat Canada<\/a> to lift the World Cup last September, will take over from Stratford for the upcoming Women\u2019s Six Nations. England kick off their campaign against Ireland on 11 April at Twickenham when a tournament-record crowd of more than 60,000 will be in the stands.<\/p>\nThe 29-year-old centre said: \u201cFirstly, I\u2019m really excited for Zoe and wish her and Strats [Luke, Zoe\u2019s husband] every happiness on their news. It\u2019s a huge honour to have been named captain of the Red Roses. Mitch [coach John Mitchell] and I have built a strong relationship over the past three years and it\u2019s a great feeling to have his trust to lead the group along with a tight leadership team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones will be supported by vice-captains Amy Cokayne and Alex Matthews. Marlie Packer was a vice-captain last year but has not been retained in that role. Jones, who has 33 caps for England, earned a World Rugby Player of the Year nomination last year.<\/p>\n
Mitchell, who signed a contract extension in January, added: \u201cMeg reflects our values; her personality, capabilities, and leadership are hugely valuable to the Red Roses squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe brings an infectious energy that lifts those around her and has had a huge influence on our culture and connections over the past three years. Not only is Meg highly respected, but she also consistently produces high-level performances and leads by example every time she takes to the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Red Roses Women\u2019s Six Nations squad will be announced on Friday. The team will bid to win their eighth Six Nations title in a row and extend their world record 33-match winning run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meg Jones has been chosen to lead England\u2019s world champions in 2026 after the regular Red Roses captain,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-484736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}