Girls’s Rugby World Cup: World XV to be careful for

England’s star-studded squad are favourites to elevate the Girls’s Rugby World Cup trophy in September.

Eire, Wales and Scotland even have prime expertise seeking to shine on the event which is able to see video games performed at eight venues throughout England.

However exterior the house nations, who do you have to be careful for?

Right here is BBC Sport’s international XV to regulate.

The US front-row ahead has been a standout performer for Exeter Chiefs within the Premiership Girls’s Rugby (PWR), profitable a spot within the league’s staff of the 12 months for the previous two seasons.

The 32-year-old, who scored a hat-tick in opposition to Australia in Might, just lately turned the Eagles’ most-capped girls’s participant and is about to play in a fourth World Cup.

The 23-year-old solely made her Check debut in Might in opposition to Fiji however has gone on to begin 4 of Australia’s previous 5 Assessments, bagging a strive in a defeat by Wales.

Two of these begins got here in opposition to World Cup contenders New Zealand and Canada to mark an unimaginable rise for the dynamic Amosa, who solely made her debut in Tremendous Rugby – that includes 4 groups from Australia and one from Fiji – final 12 months.

Her brother, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, can be a hooker and got here off the bench within the Wallabies’ third Check win over the British and Irish Lions.

The 30-year-old is one other certainly one of Exeter’s harmful props, having joined the aspect in 2021.

Menin is a key participant for World Cup-chasing Canada and was the participant of the match in a victory over world champions New Zealand final 12 months.

Described as “a terrifying prospect” within the free, Menin powered over within the Pacific 4 Collection’ 27-27 draw in opposition to the Black Ferns in Might.

The all-action lock made 4 breakdown turnovers and stole two line-outs throughout this 12 months’s Girls’s Six Nations.

The 25-year-old, who’s the France co-captain, additionally made the second-most offloads (eight).

Feleu missed out on the participant of the event to Eire’s Aoife Wafer however will likely be central to her aspect’s World Cup prospects.

The 30-year-old performed on the final World Cup for Australia and has captained the aspect beforehand.

England face the Wallaroos on 6 September and Leonard will likely be aiming to disrupt the Purple Roses’ formidable line-out.

Three line-out steals in opposition to Canada on this 12 months’s Pacific 4 Collection signifies she has the capability to take action.

The 26-year-old captained Canada to the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2022 and is without doubt one of the stars of the PWR.

The Saracens again rower, recognized for her barnstorming carries, returned to motion final month after recovering from the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) harm she suffered in June 2024.

De Goede, who is exclusive as goal-kicking ahead, missed out on her Olympic dream final summer season and can need to remind everybody why she is without doubt one of the greatest gamers on the planet.

Tukuafu co-captained New Zealand to World Cup glory over England in 2022 and will likely be aiming to once more elevate the trophy.

A typical open-side flanker who’s sharp over the ball, the 28-year-old additionally enjoys carrying exhausting within the wider channels.

Having missed out on a beginning spot within the final closing, Tukuafu comes into this World Cup absolutely match and a longtime starter.

Hele has gone from strength-to-strength following her choice for the World Cup in 2022 after solely 5 caps.

Regardless of her aspect dropping all three video games three years in the past, the 30-year-old caught the attention of Harlequins, who signed the massive ball service in 2023.

PWR rugby definitely helped as she was at her dominant greatest in a World Cup warm-up win over a Black Ferns XV, skittling defenders off , externalfor enjoyable.

Arguably the perfect scrum-half on the planet, Bourdon Sansus continues to provide magical moments.

An extended-range drop-goal was a part of an distinctive all-round player-of-the-match performance against Scotland on this 12 months’s Six Nations.

Stuffed with unpredictability, the 29-year-old has a wonderful kicking recreation and might produce a second of brilliance to unlock a defence.

The fly-half co-captained the Black Ferns to the World Cup title in 2022, earlier than profitable World Rugby girls’s participant of the 12 months.

The 30-year-old has expertise on the most important stage and produced a player-of-the-match efficiency in that closing win over England in 2022.

Demant was at her silky greatest to assist information the Blues to this 12 months’s Tremendous Rugby title in New Zealand and that was adopted by serving to the Black Ferns regain the Pacific 4 Collection.

A beautiful particular person rating against England on this 12 months’s Six Nations confirmed the 20-year-old can carry out in opposition to the world’s greatest.

It isn’t simply her fast tempo and ending potential that could be a menace, Arbey has an exquisite offloading recreation, with a speculator one-handed effort establishing a strive for Seraphine Okemba in opposition to Scotland.

The French flyer is without doubt one of the youngest gamers of their World Cup squad however has taken to worldwide rugby with ease.

One other certainly one of Exeter’s international imports, Tessier is comfy at each fly-half and inside centre.

The 2024 World Rugby girls’s participant of the 12 months nominee will captain Canada on the event, which exhibits her worth in a squad that incorporates former skipper De Goede.

Tessier confirmed her harmful operating recreation with a strive against England ultimately 12 months’s WXV1 event.

Ilona Maher has greater than eight million followers on social media, essentially the most of any rugby union participant on the planet.

The 29-year-old spent three months at Bristol Bears earlier this 12 months, scoring 4 tries in a profitable stint as attendances skyrocketed within the PWR.

A primary USA XVs cap since 2021 adopted in opposition to New Zealand in Might, with Maher utilizing her highly effective body from exterior centre.

Given the event opener is between the USA and hosts England, the stage doesn’t get a lot larger to shine.

Thought-about the best within the historical past of ladies’s rugby, Woodman-Wickliffe has scored a file 20 World Cup tries and helped New Zealand turn into world champions in 2017 and 2022.

In April, the 34-year-old opted to return out of international retirement after stepping away following final summer season’s Olympics.

Can she nonetheless do it? A sensational seven tries against the United States in Might confirmed her knack of scoring from the wing stays.

The complete-back scored Spain’s solely strive in a 97-7 World Cup warm-up hammering by England.

Nonetheless, the 20-year-old was a vibrant spark within the recreation and scored eight tries in a formidable debut season for Harlequins.

Spain, ranked thirteenth on the planet, face two troublesome opening video games in opposition to New Zealand and Eire, however Pena’s sharp acceleration and skill to remain robust in touch will make her a handful in opposition to the perfect.