York Valkyrie have five representatives in the England Women’s 20 strong squad who will make the journey to Las Vegas to face the world champions Australia Jillaroos on 1st March.
Former Valkyrie and current Canberra Raiders second-row Hollie-Mae Dodd is also named after a try-scoring return against Wales in the Autumn international.
She’ll join Tamzin Renouf, who has been called up after returning from a knee injury at the end of last season with her teammate Jas Bell in contention to make her international debut.
Liv Wood and Woman of Steel Georgie Dagger are also included, along with Eboni Partington.
2023 NRLW Grand Final winner Georgia Roche will link up with the national team for the first time in over 12 months following another impressive season with Newcastle Knights scoring two tries in ten appearances.
18-year-old Jenna Foubister is the second uncapped player to be named and will represent Wigan Warriors alongside Anna Davies.
The squad also includes seven players from St Helens with three of those having represented England during their last meeting against the Jillaroos in 2017 – Jodie Cunningham, Amy Hardcastle and Shona Hoyle.
England Women Head Coach, Stuart Barrow, said:
“Every player in this travelling squad has an important role to play when we face the Australia Jillaroos in three weeks’ time.
“It’s been a really difficult selection process because there is a lot of talent within the group, which means there are some very good players who will unfortunately miss out.
“Now we have to focus on the challenge that lies ahead which is a historic fixture against the world champions for the first time since 2017 and I’m very much looking forward to getting the group together for our final camp next weekend.”
Fans are invited to cheer on England Women before they head to Las Vegas when the squad meet for their final training session at Weetwood Sports Park in Leeds on Sunday 16th February (10am-12pm).
England Women versus the Australia Jillaroos will be the penultimate match of a quadruple header featuring a Betfred Super League clash between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves and two NRL matches - Raiders v Warriors and Panthers v Sharks.
All four matches will be shown live on Sky Sports – with England v Australia kicking off at 2am UK time. Tickets and travel information can also be found here.
England Women
Jas Bell (York Valkyrie), Keara Bennett (Leeds Rhinos), Jodie Cunningham (St Helens), Georgie Dagger (York Valkyrie), Anna Davies (Wigan Warriors), Hollie-Mae Dodd (Canberra Raiders), Jenna Foubister (Wigan Warriors), Amy Hardcastle (St Helens), Zoe Harris (St Helens), Shona Hoyle (St Helens), Katie Mottershead (St Helens), Izzy Northrop (Leeds Rhinos), Eboni Partington (York Valkyrie), Tamzin Renouf (York Valkyrie), Georgia Roche (Newcastle Knights), Erin Stott (St Helens), Bella Sykes (Leeds Rhinos), Paige Travis (Parramatta Eels), Vicky Whitfield (St Helens), Liv Wood (York Valkyrie)
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