Three players from Winscombe have been named in England U18 Women's training squad for the 2024/2025 campaign.

Tizi Goss, from Clifton High School, Katherine Dyke, from Winscombe Warriors and Exeter College, as well as Francesca Welsher, from Hartpury College, will represent their country.

The squad includes 27 uncapped players and five U17 aged players, with the aim of increasing opportunities for pitch skill development and off-field support.

Head coach James Cooper said: "It gives us coaches great pleasure to unveil this incredibly exciting squad.

"The selection process has been one of the most challenging yet, such is the talent within our ranks currently.

"The benefit of naming the squad at this stage of the season gives us a chance to work in a more focused capacity in progressing the players’ development plans in preparation for next year’s Six Nations.

"As a cohort, they’ve demonstrated a high degree of dedication and persistence already this season and are worthy of their places."

The 2024/25 campaign marks the start of the new domestic pathway for U18 girls, with a centralised system of nine Player Development Group (PDG) centres to enable the delivery of a talent development framework nationwide in a centrally coordinated curriculum.

The squad will convene for regional and centralised camps this season, including the first U18-U23 pathway positional days in Loughborough.

The U18 women are set to convene from December 20 to 22 at Loughborough University, January 10 to 12 at Loughborough University, and February 14 to 16 at Bisham Abbey.

The England U18 women's fixtures will be announced in due course.

Mr Cooper added: "It’s crucial to emphasise there is scope for movement in and out of the group at latter stages of the year with different rates of development in our age group.

"Nevertheless, the staff and I want to see these players uphold our key principles of courage and self-leadership in the coming months."

The full England U18 Women’s 2024/25 training squad is as follows:

Forwards: Tamsin Baynes, Chloe Butterworth, Alesia De Mello Leitao, Sylvia Gallagher-Ball, Tizi Goss, Martha Green, Aisha Jah, Hayley Jones, Grace Keel, Honey Kerslake, Betsy Meads, Libby Naughton, Joy Okechukwu, Summer Reeves, Demelza Short, Harli Stanton, Jess Taylor, Isabel van der Straaten, Maisy Wheeler, Ellie Wilson.

Backs: Ashton Adcock, Charlotte Brookes, Summer Charlesworth, Isabelle Clist, Charlotte Coyle, Katherine Dyke, Josephine Harris, Eva Ladyman, Imogen Mockford, Alice Redfern, Dita Shaw, Solana Shaw de Leon, Hannah Smyth, Molly Symonds, Jo Vosakiwaiwai, Francesca Welsher.