England's 32-player squad for next month's home Women's Rugby World Cup has been confirmed. What are the main talking points from the announcement?

England coach John Mitchell has named a vastly experienced squad for the Women's Rugby World Cup on home soil starting next month as the hot favourites aim to underline their dominance of the sport with the prize that so agonisingly eluded them in 2022.

Aitana Bonmatí scored in extra time to send Spain to its first-ever Women’s European Championship final with a 1-0 win over Germany on Wednesday, setting up a repeat of the 2023 World Cup title match.

The veteran centre is one of four survivors of the World Cup-winning team of 2014 as England seek success on home soil

Rebecca Harding takes you through the history of women's rugby in the North East, including speaking to current and former England captains, before looking ahead to the biggest-ever Women's Rugby World Cup, which kicks off in Sunderland in August.

Throughout World Cup qualification, Wiegman insisted on her players being ruthless. A 10-0 win over Latvia in October 2021 was not enough. A month later they doubled the number of goals scored ...

This will be England’s 19th straight World Cup appearance, having qualified for each tournament since its first entry in 1950. England won the World Cup on its home turf in 1966.

Natasha Hunt says her selection in England's 32-player squad for next month's home Women's Rugby World Cup made her "quite emotional".

Reaching another major final has boosted the Lionesses' profiles. Matching their Euro 2022 success will propel them to another stratosphere