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England Women’s Rugby Elite Squad 2008/9
By Kath 31/10/08
October 31 2008
England Women’s Rugby Elite Squad 2008/9 England Head Coach Gary Street named his Elite Squad of 44 players to spearhead England’s international season this term. England face one of their toughest season’s this year since the 2006 IRB Rugby World Cup, with the RBS 6 Nations and the IRB inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup 7s running concurrently in March.

 England Women’s Rugby Elite Squad 2008/9 


England Head Coach Gary Street  named his Elite Squad of 44 players to spearhead England’s international season this term.

Street has named Bath’s Catherine Spencer as captain for the second year running. He has also called up 11 new players to the elite squad which includes several players that ran out for the successful England Under 20s side last season. 

Clifton’s Monica Lewinska, who has progressed through the RFUW’s equally successful regional programme, has also been called up while Wasps’ Heather Fisher, Saracens’ Sonia Green, Lichfield’s Lois Moulding and Clifton’s Kim Oliver are also welcomed back into the squad.

The remainder of the squad consists of players that featured heavily in England’s winning RBS 6 Nations, Nations Cup and European Championship campaigns last season, as well as England’s A successful run. 

England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street

Street said: “This is an exciting squad. We have got lots of experience here but also youth and these young players have demonstrated their potential through a really good Under 20s campaign. I am also pleased to welcome back the likes of Kim Oliver, who has been sidelined with an injury, while players like Heather Fisher and Lois Moulding have worked really hard to get back into the squad.”

Street added: “We have known for some time that our players will be competing in two different tournaments at the same time in March and obviously that is going to stretch us. I don’t think there is another side in this season’s RBS 6 Nations that will be affected as much as us.

“However, we have prepared thoroughly for this and that is partly why we ran such an extensive international campaign last season, competing in the Nations Cup and the European Championship. Last season, 30 players represented England and that gives me great confidence going into this new season. I know we have strength and depth across all positions and we have the potential to be as successful as we have been previously.”


England’s international campaign kicks-off with the 7s team travelling to Dubai in November, before England and England A play Ireland and Italy respectively in December. England will then begin their defence of their triple RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam title on February 7th against Italy.

England Elite Squad 2008/2009 

Claire Allan                 Saracens                                       Centre
Margaret Alphonsi      Saracens                                        Flanker
Charlotte Barras         Saracens                                        Winger
Sarah Beale                Lichfield                                         No 8
Natalie Binstead         Wasps                                            Second Row
Rachael Burford         Saracens                                         Centre(V.Capt)
*Rowena Burnfield     Richmond                                       Second Row
Rochelle Clark           Blaydon Team Northumbria             Prop
Rosemarie Crowley    Lichfield                                          Prop
Becky Essex              Richmond                                        Flanker
*Heather Fisher         Wasps                                             Flanker
Amy Garnett              Saracens                                         Hooker
*Sonia Green             Saracens                                         Flanker
*Sarah Guest             Worcester                                       Scrum Half
Sophie Hemming        Clifton                                             Prop
Sarah Hunter              Lichfield                                          Flanker
Vicki Jackson             Lichfield                                          Centre
Karen Jones               Richmond                                        No 8 
*Dani Knight              Lichfield                                          Fly Half
Emma Layland            Richmond                                       Hooker
Tina Lee                     Clifton                                             Fly Half
*Monica Lewinska     Clifton                                             Prop
*Latoya Mason          Wasps                                            Scrum Half
Victoria Massarella     Saracens                                         Fullback
Francesca Matthews   Richmond                                       Winger
Joanna McGilchrist     Wasps                                            Second Row
Katy McLean             Darlington Mowden Park Sharks    Fly Half
Katherine Merchant    Worcester                                      Winger
*Lois Moulding           Lichfield                                         Flanker
*Kimberley Oliver       Clifton                                           Centre
*Olivia Poore              Lichfield                                         Hooker
Fiona Pocock              Richmond                                      Winger
Claire Purdy                Wasps                                           Prop
Sam Reeves(Nee Dale)Worcester                                     Hooker
Alice Richardson          Richmond                                      Fly Half
Georgina Rozario         Plymouth Albion                             Scrum Half
*Emily Scarratt            Lichfield                                         Centre
Gemma Sharples         Worcester                                      Flanker
Catherine Spencer    Bath                                              No8 (Captain) Michaela Staniford       Wasps                                           Winger
Katy Storie                 Blaydon Team Northumbria             Prop
Tamara Taylor            Darlington Mowden Park Sharks     Second Row
Amy Turner                Richmond                                        Scrum Half
Danielle Waterman      Blaydon Team Northumbria            Fullback

*Indicates new Elite Squad 44 member

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