Amy Cokayne comes in for the injured Lark Atkin-Davies as England take on France in a third-consecutive Grand Slam deciding match on Saturday.
The match in Bordeaux will be the fourth time in a row that the Red Roses have faced Les Bleues for the Championship in the final match, with the pair also settling the destination of the title in 2021 at the end of a truncated format caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic.
England have won each of the three previous finales and will be hoping to turn a dozen-match winning streak against the French into a baker’s dozen at the Stade Chaban-Delmas.
But France will also have hope they can finally end their losing run having got within a converted score of the Red Roses in eight of those contest.
Elsewhere, Abbie Ward is drafted onto the bench after Rosie Galligan was ruled out in the warm-up of last weekend’s win against Ireland, with Morwenna Talling retaining her starting berth in the second row.
“We’ve been expecting an arm-wrestle for some time. We’ve been wanting that, we’ve been asking for it and we are certainly going to get in on the weekend,” head coach John Mitchell said in his pre-match comments.
“This game is going to give us really good feedback. It’s important to experience that and it will hold us in good stead. We’ve got a tough summer coming up and this is a good start to it.
“France have got their way. They’ll be buoyed by the fact they’re at home but we’re actually looking forward to embracing that challenge.
“It’s another full capacity stadium, which gives us energy too. That’s what drives the girls – they want to play in front of full capacity.”
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