'Come get us' - England ready for Six Nations decider
'Come get us' - England ready for Six Nations deciderImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sadia Kabeya is back from the return-top-play protocol to start at open-side flanker for EnglandByMike HensonBBC Sport rugby union news reporterPublished7 hours ago30 CommentsTime to pack away the sequinned Stetsons and don the hard hats.After four straight wins, weighing in at an average of nine tries and a 41-point winning margin, England will run into physicality and very real jeopardy against France in Bordeaux on Sunday.The Red Roses' 37-match winning run - a streak that stretches back to November 2022 and a World Cup final defeat by New Zealand - has rarely been as vulnerable.Part of that peril is down to England.France v EnglandWomen's Six NationsSunday 17 May, 16:45 BSTStade Atlantique, BordeauxWatch on iPlayerLive on BBC One, 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website and appDespite the timely return of Maddie Feaunati, Sadia Kabeya and Lilli Ives Campion, England are still a patched-up work in progress.Delaney Burns was several leagues deep in the second-row depth charts before the pregnancies of Zoe Stratford, Abbie Ward and Rosie Galligan and injury to Morwenna Talling brought her back to the surface to win her first caps since 2023.Helena Rowland's play-making skills at inside centre give England plenty, but not the direct route to the line that the injured Tatyana Heard offered.Prop Liz Crake - who was on a central contract, but well off the selection radar in 2025 - is making a cameo on the bench, filling in for Kelsey Clifford, who has a leg complaint.Demelza Short is alongside her, with the Bristol Bears teenager having impressed in her maiden Test campaign, but having played at the under-18s Six Nations last year and watched the autumn's World Cup as a fan, her elevation is ahead of scheduleNatasha Hunt, Emily Scarratt, Alex Matthews, Abby Dow, Hannah Botterman, Lark Atkin-Davies, and May Campbell were all part of that title-lif...المصدر: BBC Sport | Source: BBC Sport
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