England v USA: Tatyana Heard back as Red Roses experiment for World Cup

Tatyana Heard has not played for England since February 2019

Centre Tatyana Heard makes her first England appearance in three years in an experimental side for Saturday's World Cup warm-up against the United States.

Claudia MacDonald, who thought her career had been ended by a neck injury in 2021, starts on the wing.

Cath O'Donnell also returns from injury to fight for a place in the second row.

England's World Cup campaign in New Zealand begins against Fiji on 8 October, with Middleton due to name a 32-player squad on 20 September.

Number eight Poppy Cleall, fly-half Zoe Harrison, captain Emily Scarratt, wing Jess Breach and flanker Zoe Aldcroft keep their places after beating France in April.

Ellie Kildunne steps in for Helena Rowland at full-back, while Natasha Hunt is at scrum-half with Leanne Infante on the bench.

Hannah Botterman, Amy Cockayne and Bryony Cleall form an all-new front row as Rosie Galligan starts alongside O'Donnell at lock.

Aldcroft is in the back row with Poppy Cleall and 20-year-old Sadia Kabeya, who starts in place of Six Nations star Marlie Packer.

O'Donnell's Loughborough team-mate Morwenna Talling, 20, will be looking to make an impact off the bench in a competitive back five.

England will play Wales in their second warm-up game in Bristol on 14 September.

England: Kildunne; Breach, Scarratt (capt), Heard, MacDonald; Harrison, Hunt; Botterman, Cockayne, B Cleall, Galligan, O'Donnell, Aldcroft, Kabeya, P Cleall.

Replacements: Powell, Muir, Brown, Talling, Fleetwood, Infante, Rowland, Aitchison.

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