{"id":808432,"date":"2026-10-20T08:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808432\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:46:10","slug":"england-rugby-league-brian-mcdermott-names-unchanged-team-for-world-cup-match-against-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808432\/","title":{"rendered":"England rugby league: Brian McDermott names unchanged team for World Cup match against France"},"content":{"rendered":"

In contrast to McDermott, England women’s coach Stuart Barrow has made a big selection change before their blockbuster meeting with co-hosts Australia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jenna Foubister will start at half-back, replacing Georgia Roche, after a superb year in the Super League where she was named Woman of Steel.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old, who scored on her debut in a 62-0 win against Wales<\/a> in August 2025, will partner Izzy Rowe in the halves.<\/p>\n

Rowe scored two tries and kicked nine conversions for 26 points as England opened their World Cup campaign with a 70-6 win against Wales<\/a> last Saturday.<\/p>\n

She equalled the record for the most points by an individual England player in a Women’s World Cup match.<\/p>\n

There are two other changes to the XIII, as Molly Jones replaces Georgia Wilson in the centres while Liv Wood plays at prop ahead of Mary Coleman.<\/p>\n

Lucie Sams is named among the interchanges as England take on reigning champions Australia in Perth with kick-off at 10.05 BST – immediately after the men’s match.<\/p>\n

It will be the first time England have played Australia since they suffered their record defeat – 90-4 – in Las Vegas in March 2025.<\/p>\n

England women: Fran Goldthorpe, Anna Davies, Molly Jones, Connie Boyd, Amelia Brown, Izzy Rowe, Jenna Foubister, Liv Wood, Keara Bennett, Hollie-Mae Dodd, Jasmin Strange, Eva Hunter, Megan Williams.<\/p>\n

Interchange: Jodie Cunningham, Vicky Whitfield, Georgia Roche, Lucie Sams.<\/p>\n

Reserves: Mary Coleman, Georgia Wilson, Lucy Murray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In contrast to McDermott, England women’s coach Stuart Barrow has made a big selection change before their blockbuster…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-808432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808432","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=808432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}