Women's Six Nations 2023: Ex-Canada prop Mackenzie Carson to start for England

Former Canada prop Mackenzie Carson volition marque her England debut against Scotland successful the Women's Six Nations connected Saturday.

Sarah Hunter volition co-captain England in her last lucifer earlier retirement astatine Newcastle's sold-out Kingston Park.

Holly Aitchison volition commencement astatine fly-half, with Zoe Harrison retired injured.

Aitchison takes the 10 garment aft Harrison tore her ACL successful a season-ending wounded and with Helena Rowland inactive recovering from a ft wounded sustained astatine the 2022 World Cup.

Carson antecedently played against England successful 2018 successful 1 of 3 Canada caps she earned. She is eligible to articulation the Red Roses - who are chasing a 5th successive Women's Six Nations rubric - aft spending astatine slightest 3 years distant from planetary rugby.

Carson fills a spread successful the beforehand enactment near due to the fact that Vickii Cornborough is missing the tourney for idiosyncratic reasons and Hannah Botterman is injured.

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Middleton experiments aft World Cup heartbreak

Head manager Simon Middleton - who volition measurement down aft the Women's Six Nations - has brought successful immoderate caller faces aft his broadside narrowly mislaid the World Cup last to New Zealand.

Middleton's experimentation is possibly a reflection of the expected scoreline. Long-term professionals England bushed Scotland, who received contracts past year, 57-5 successful the 2022 Women's Six Nations.

Aitchison is joined successful the midfield by 2 players who did not marque the World Cup squad. Amber Reed volition commencement astatine 12 and Lagi Tuima astatine 13.

Uncapped scrum-half Ella Wyrwas awaits her debut from the seat arsenic Lucy Packer starts, with the much experienced Leanne Infante near retired and Natasha Hunt incapable to marque her England instrumentality due to the fact that of a calf injury.

Lock Rosie Galligan volition miss the tourney with a hamstring wounded and Poppy Cleall starts successful the 2nd row, with Abbie Ward besides absent after announcing her pregnancy.

England squad to look Scotland

England: Dow; Breach, Tuima, Reed, MacDonald; Aitchison, Packer; Carson, Cokayne, Bern, Aldcroft, P Cleall, Kabeya, Packer (co-capt), Hunter (co-capt).

Replacements: Davies, Crake, Clifford, O'Donnell, Beckett, Wyrwas, Heard, Sing.

More to follow.