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Claudia MacDonald has 22 England caps| Venue: Eden Park, Auckland Date: Saturday, 5 November Kick-off: 03:30 GMT |
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Wing Claudia MacDonald returns from wounded and prop Hannah Botterman starts arsenic England marque 2 changes for their World Cup semi-final against Canada.
Tatyana Heard volition proceed her unexpected tally astatine 12 astatine Eden Park connected Saturday, with Helena Rowland astatine 15.
MacDonald replaces the experienced Lydia Thompson, portion Botterman pushes Vickii Cornborough to the bench.
Scrum-half Lucy Packer is besides connected the seat but volition person a scan connected a imaginable ankle wounded connected Thursday.
If Packer is unavailable, caput manager Simon Middleton volition person to shuffle his broadside fixed MacDonald is his different enactment to supply screen for starter Leanne Infante astatine nine.
Scrum-half Natasha Hunt was a daze exclusion from the World Cup squad backmost successful September and Middleton said it would beryllium excessively precocious to telephone up immoderate replacement players for the last 2 games of the tournament.
"I'm beauteous definite she'll beryllium OK," Middleton said of Packer.
England: Rowland; Dow, Scarratt, Heard, MacDonald; Harrison, Infante; Botterman, Cokayne, Bern, Aldcroft, Ward, Matthews, M Packer, Hunter (capt).
Replacements: Davies, Cornborough, Muir, Galligan, Cleall, L Packer, Aitchison, Kildunne.
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