NICKY Crawford has been named as an England replacement for Friday's Six Nations clash with Ireland.

The Worcester Rugby Club ladies winger is the sole Sixways representative with scrum-half Joanne Yapp playing in the Hong Kong Sevens.

However, Worcester's utility back Nicola Milne looks set to start for the Irish in the Limerick clash.

"It's been a tough campaign so I'm looking at Friday's game as an opportunity to use some fresh players," said head coach Geoff Richards.

"With Joanne Yapp and Amy Garnett going to play the Hong Kong Sevens there's a space for us to try out exciting young players, such as Danielle Waterman. She is an 18-year-old, still at school, and comes to the team out of the Bath Academy."

"This is the fifth game of the competition and we've got to be on our guard. Playing in Ireland is always tough but we want to finish this off well.

"If results are anything to go by, we should win but until that final whistle sounds we've got it all to play for and the players will remain focused on the goal of winning the Six Nations."