England have named an unchanged workforce for the Ladies’s Rugby World Cup last in opposition to Canada on Saturday at Twickenham.

John Mitchell has opted to stay with the identical beginning XV and replacements who overcame a gradual begin to defeat France 35-17 within the final 4.

Zoe Aldcroft captains the Purple Roses of their seventh straight World Cup last.

England haven’t gained the event since 2014, dropping the previous two finals to New Zealand.

Star full-back Ellie Kildunne, Abby Dow, Zoe Harrison, Amy Cokayne, Aldcroft, Abbie Ward and Alex Matthews all retain their spots from the beginning XV defeated by the Black Ferns three years in the past.

The Purple Roses, who’re on a document 32-Check successful run, haven’t misplaced since that defeat at Eden Park.

They went into that match having gained their earlier 30 video games, and are up in opposition to an in-form Canada facet on Saturday.

Kevin Rouet’s facet, ranked quantity two on this planet, have regarded a category above all their opponents this event and delivered a exceptional semi-final efficiency to comfortably defeat New Zealand and attain their first World Cup last since they misplaced to England in 2014.

Canada are semi-professional, and have needed to crowdfund practically a 3rd of the finances for his or her World Cup marketing campaign – they’re presently at 95% of their million-dollar fundraising purpose entitled Mission: Win Rugby World Cup.

England have been skilled since 2019 and are favourites to carry a house World Cup in entrance of an 82-000 capability, sold-out Twickenham.

Saturday’s crowd will surpass the 58,498 who watched England beat France on the similar stadium within the 2023 Six Nations – the earlier document for a XV-a-side match – and the 66,000 who watched the ladies’s rugby sevens at Stade de France throughout the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

“Our employees and gamers have labored arduous to succeed in this stage of the event,” Mitchell stated.

“Taking part in a World Cup last at Allianz Stadium [Twickenham] in entrance of a document 82,000 is a big milestone for the game.

“We’re nicely ready for the problem in opposition to Canada. It’s primary versus quantity two on this planet, and we all know the competition will demand a full 80 minutes. Our focus stays on staying in our course of and executing successfully.”

Since taking up the position as head coach in 2023, Mitchell has constructed depth by rotating his squad recurrently to construct two sturdy groups.

Holly Aitchison impressed off the bench at inside centre within the semi-final win, whereas former England World Cup-winner Kat Service provider referred to as for Lucy Packer to start out at scrum-half over Natasha Hunt.

However Mitchell as anticipated has gone for consistency in choice as a substitute of constructing a giant name to unsettle his most well-liked matchday 23.

His facet defeated Canada by 9 factors once they met within the WXV1 final 12 months in Vancouver.