City trio head for Canada (From Worcester News)

City trio head for Canada

5:47pm Thursday 9th July 2009

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THREE Worcester players are in England women’s squad to compete in next month’s Nations Cup in Canada.

Katherine Merchant, Sam Reeve and Gemma Sharples will all head across the Atlantic with the reigning champions.

England completed a clean sweep of wins against Canada and the USA 12 months ago.

This time in Toronto, they will also face South Africa and Six Nations rivals France.

Wasps’ Heather Fisher is the only uncapped player in the squad.

Squad: Allan, Barras, Burford, Garnett (Saracens), Beale, Scarratt (Lichfield), Clark, Storie, Waterman (Team Northumbria), Essex (Richmond), Fisher, McGilchrist, Purdy (Wasps), Hemming (Bristol), Hunter (Lichfield), Jones (Richmond), McLean Darlington (Mowden Park Sharks), Merchant, Reeve, Sharples (Worcester), Oliver, Spencer (Bristol), Pocock, Richardson, Turner (Richmond), Rozario (Plymouth Albion).

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