Preview USA v Italy
Today, Kick-off 12.45 am
USA head coach Rob Cain has included 13 Premier 15s players in his starting XV for their World Cup opener against an experienced Italy.
Exeter Chiefs prop Hope Rogers is USA’s most experienced player with 37 caps and is playing at her third World Cup.
However, in terms of overall experience the rest of USA’s team is lacking with four starters with single-digit caps and the overall starting XV averages just 15 caps.
USA come into the game off the back of a late-August win against Scotland and were competitive in the second h...