England to face France & Spain in World Cup warm-ups

England to face France & Spain in World Cup warm-ups

Reuters

England will play two warm-up matches before their home World Cup begins later this summer.

The Red Roses will host Spain at Welford Road in Leicester on 3 August, before facing France in Mont-de-Marsan a week later.

John Mitchell’s side beat France by just a point in a final-game thriller last month to secure a fourth consecutive Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam.

If England and France top their World Cup pool and win their quarter-finals they will meet in the last four in Bristol.

Spain won the WXV 3 tournament last autumn to qualify for the Women’s World Cup for the first time since 2017.

The two-time world champions have won 25 successive matches since losing 34-31 to New Zealand in the 2022 World Cup final.

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Source: BBC

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