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Women's Six Nations: France v England
Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Date: Saturday, 27 April Kick-off: 16:45 BST
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England make 2 injury-enforced changes to look France successful their Grand Slam decider connected Saturday successful Bordeaux.
Hooker Amy Cokayne returns to nan starting line-up from suspension to switch Lark Atkin-Davies, who injured her ankle successful nan victory complete Ireland.
Sale's Morwenna Talling retains her starting spot aft fastener Rosie Galligan was a precocious withdrawal against Ireland because of a thumb injury, pinch Abbie Ward backmost connected nan bench.
The Red Roses are aiming to triumph nan Grand Slam for nan 3rd twelvemonth successful a statement and grounds a sixth successive Women's Six Nations title.
Cokayne missed England's triumph complete Ireland aft being sent off for 2 yellow-card offences against Scotland.
The backline remains unchanged for nan 4th lucifer successful a row, pinch centre Emily Scarratt again named arsenic a replacement.
That intends nan lethal backmost 3 of Ellie Kildunne, Abby Dow and Jess Breach - which scored 8 of England's 14 tries against Ireland successful beforehand of 48,778 astatine Twickenham - clasp their place.
Only 5 points separated England and France astatine Twickenham successful beforehand of a grounds women's crowd of 58,498 past year, arsenic nan Red Roses secured different Grand Slam.
Other than a narrow triumph complete Scotland, France person won each their games successful this year's title comfortably.
"Our attraction has remained connected our process and really we champion hole for nan adjacent opposition," England caput coach John Mitchell said.
"We now person an breathtaking situation against France, successful France, which we're each looking guardant to."
The Red Roses are undefeated successful 28 games successful nan competition, which is simply a grounds for consecutive wins by a broadside crossed some nan men's and women's championships.
However, France are nan past squad to hit England successful nan competition, backmost successful 2018, and airs nan biggest threat to that grounds connected Saturday.
France: Boulard; Grisez, Konde, Vernier, M Menager; Queyroi, Bourdon Sansus; Deshaye, Sochat, Khalfaoui, Feleu (capt), Fall, Escudero, Hermet, R Menager.
Replacements: Riffonneau, Mwayembe, Joyeux, Feleu, Gros, Chambon, Ciofani, Jacquet.
England: Kildunne; Dow, Jones, Heard, Breach; Aitchison, Hunt; Botterman, Cokayne, Muir, Aldcroft, Talling, Kabeya, M Packer (capt), Matthews.
Replacements: Powell, Carson, Clifford, Ward, Feaunati, L Packer, Scarratt, Gregson.
