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COKAYNE MAKES LONG-AWAITED ENGLAND RETURN

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Red Roses' Amy Cokayne returns to Test rugby for the first time in a year when she starts against Scotland this Saturday in Edinburgh (14:15, live on BBC).

The Leicester Tigers hooker, who made two Premiership Women’s Rugby appearances last month, scored twice against Saturday’s hosts in last year’s tournament.

She is one of two changes in the forwards from the round three win over Wales with lock Abbie Ward promoted to the starting XV, while the backline is unchanged.

Zoe Aldcroft switches to blindside flanker and will captain the side.

Head Coach John Mitchell said: “The fallow week presented a moment to reflect on the opening rounds and grow the elements of our game.

“Our learnings all build towards evolving our performance. We are looking forward to building on this and taking another step forward together against Scotland this weekend.”

Red Roses team to take on Scotland:

15 Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins, 40 caps); 14 Abby Dow (Trailfinders Women, 42 caps); 13 Megan Jones (Leicester Tigers, 18 caps), 12 Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury, 19 caps); 11 Jess Breach (Saracens, 35 caps); 10 Holly Aitchison (Bristol Bears, 27 caps), 9 Natasha Hunt (Gloucester-Hartpury, 69 caps); 1 Hannah Botterman (Bristol Bears, 44 caps), 2 Amy Cokayne (Leicester Tigers, 72 caps), 3 Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury, 27 caps); 4 Rosie Galligan (Saracens, 15 caps), 5 Abbie Ward (Bristol Bears, 63 caps); 6 Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury, 50 caps) - captain, 7 Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning, 15 caps), 8 Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury, 63 caps)

Replacements

16 Connie Powell (Harlequins, 16 caps), 17 Mackenzie Carson (Gloucester-Hartpury, 12 caps), 18 Kelsey Clifford (Saracens, 5 caps), 19 Maddie Feaunati (Exeter Chiefs, 2 caps), 20 Marlie Packer (Saracens, 101 caps), 21 Lucy Packer (Harlequins, 18 caps), 22 Zoe Harrison (Saracens, 48 caps), 23 Sydney Gregson (Saracens, 4 caps)