England Women unchanged for Six Nations trip to Italy

England Women coach Scott Bemand has named an unchanged starting XV for Saturday's Six Nations match against Italy at the Stadio Gino Pistoni in Ivrea.

Bemand has stuck with a winning formula after England opened their campaign with a 32-0 away victory over Scotland last Friday in which they scored five tries, including two by flanker Harriet Millar-Mills.

There are two changes on the bench with uncapped Bristol teenager Poppy Leitch, 18, and Worcester's Lydia Thompson replacing Lucy Demaine and Courtney Gill.

Bemand said: "There are a lot of positives to take away from the game against Scotland and it was great to have made a good start in the tournament.

"However, there is also plenty to work on. Our accuracy let us down at times and this is something we will look to improve this weekend against Italy.

"The Scotland squad put plenty of pressure on us and we had to manage the game. Conditions weren't ideal but we were pleased to walk away with that score."

Italy Women were beaten 39-0 by France in their opening game last weekend, but Bemand remains wary.

He added: "The weekend's results have not made us complacent, the Italians are investing in their programme, we know that they can deliver an upset at home and we're not expecting it to be easy."

England: 15 Katie Mason, 14 Ruth Laybourn, 13 Lauren Cattell, 12 Ceri Large, 11 Lotte Clapp, 10 Amber Reed, 9 La Toya Mason; 1 Rochelle Clark, 2 Amy Cokayne, 3 Vickii Cornborough, 4 Abbie Scott, 5 Emily Braund, 6 Harriet Millar-Mills, 7 Izzy Noel-Smith, 8 Sarah Hunter (capt).

Replacements: 16 Emma Croker, 17 Heather Kerr, 18 Bee Dawson, 19 Poppy Leitch, 20 Poppy Cleall, 21 Bianca Blackburn, 22 Leanne Riley, 23 Lydia Thompson.