Rugby World Cup: Holly Aitchison joins Emily Scarratt in England centres for final

Holly Aitchison and Emily Scarratt volition signifier England's centre concern for the archetypal clip astatine this World Cup successful Saturday's last against hosts and holders New Zealand.

Ellie Kildunne starts astatine 15 and Lydia Thompson comes successful connected the wing.

Claudia MacDonald moves to the bench, providing screen astatine scrum-half with Lucy Packer retired of the squad.

Lock Cath O'Donnell is simply a astonishment inclusion among the replacements, having past featured successful the excavation signifier against France, arsenic Rosie Galligan misses out.

Prop Hannah Botterman is unavailable due to the fact that of a genu injury, meaning Shaunagh Brown is erstwhile again included connected the bench.

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England: Kildunne; Thompson, Scarratt, Aitchison, Dow; Harrison, Infante; Cornborough, Cokayne, Bern, Aldcroft, Ward, Matthews, M Packer, Hunter (capt).

Replacements: Davies, Muir, Brown, O'Donnell, Cleall, Kabeya, MacDonald, Heard.

More to follow.

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