England Women have named a strong 33-player performance squad ahead of the side’s first training camp of the year.
Boss Stuart Barrow has selected players from six different teams from across the Women’s Super League and NRLW, with reigning Champions Wigan Warriors boasting the most with 11 players.
Woman of Steel Eva Hunter and Young Player of the Year Isabel Rowe are joined by nine of their teammates, after Denis Betts’ side picked up every trophy possible across 2025.
St Helens have nine players included in the squad, including England veterans Amy Hardcastle and Shona Hoyle-Holdsworth. Paige Travis is another of the Red Vee selections, after she returned from Parramatta Eels in the NRLW this off-season.
Leeds Rhinos come next with seven, whilst York Valkyrie have four players included, one of whom is Savannah Andrade, who is looking to return to the England team for the first time since 2021.
Two NRLW stars are included, and they are Fran Goldthorp of the North Queensland Cowboys and Hollie-Mae Dodd of Canberra Raiders.
Goldthorp returns to the England set-up for the first time in two years, whilst Dodd has 10 England appearances to her name, scoring eight tries.
England Women performance squad in full:
Savannah Andrade (York Valkyrie), Mia-Jayne Atherton (Wigan Warriors), Grace Banks (Wigan Warriors), Keara Bennett (Leeds Rhinos), Ruby Bruce (Leeds Rhinos), Leah Burke (St Helens), Caitlin Casey (St Helens), Mary Coleman (Wigan Warriors), Evie Cousins (Leeds Rhinos), Jodie Cunningham (St Helens), Anna Davies (Wigan Warriors), Ellise Derbyshire (Wigan Warriors), Hollie-Mae Dodd (Canberra Raiders), Ella Donnelly (Leeds Rhinos) Jenna Foubister (Wigan Warriors), Fran Goldthorp (North Queensland Cowboys), Amy Hardcastle (St Helens), Shona Hoyle Holdsworth (St Helens), Eva Hunter (Wigan Warriors), Molly Jones (Wigan Warriors), Erin McDonald (St Helens), Katie Mottershead (St Helens), Lucy Murray (Leeds Rhinos), Izzy Northrop (Leeds Rhinos), Eboni Partington (York Valkyrie), Tamzin Renouf (York Valkyrie), Isable Rowe (Wigan Warriors), Bella Sykes (Leeds Rhinos), Paige Travis (St Helens), Vicky Whitfield (St Helens), Megan Williams (Wigan Warriors), Georgia Wilson (Wigan Warriors), Liv Wood (York Valkyrie)
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