Women's Six Nations: Key areas as England's best XV remains a mystery
Britain's predominance of the world game is as clear as could be expected as the Red Roses top the Women's Six Nations table after three agreeable successes, yet their best beginning XV remaining parts a secret.
Lead trainer Simon Middleton has rearranged nearly everybody in his 40-player crew through the initial three games as he thinks about his choices.
As we approach the business end of the competition, with a World Cup a half year away, it is the ideal opportunity for him to uncover his hand.
Middleton says he will "assess the situation" in the rest week before England have Ireland in Leicester on 24 April.
Here, we investigate three key regions that will be on the England lead trainer's psyche.
The back three
Ladies' Six Nations: Key regions as England's best XV remaining parts a secret
By Becky Gray
BBC Sport
Last refreshed on10 April 202210 April 2022.
From the sectionRugby Union
Britain's predominance of the world game is as clear as could be expected as the Red Roses top the Women's Six Nations table after three agreeable successes, yet their best beginning XV remaining parts a secret.
Lead trainer Simon Middleton has rearranged nearly everybody in his 40-player crew through the initial three games as he thinks about his choices.
As we approach the business end of the competition, with a World Cup a half year away, it is the ideal opportunity for him to uncover his hand.
Middleton says he will "assess the situation" in the rest week before England have Ireland in Leicester on 24 April.
Here, we investigate three key regions that will be on the England lead trainer's psyche.
The back three
Abby Dow playing against Wales
Abby Dow's physical issue could be an enormous catastrophe for England's World Cup crusade
The clearest difficulty for Middleton comes in the back three, with Abby Dow experiencing a wrecked leg in Saturday's triumph against Wales.
Britain have not given a course of events for Dow's recuperation, but rather previous England men's wing Ugo Monye says the Red Roses "have lost a gigantic weapon".
"She is one of those godlike ladies that the Red Roses have," he said on BBC Radio 5 Live's Rugby Union Weekly.
"She has that degree of speed, power, footwork and dexterity."
Dow was the furthest down the line player to take the beginning 15 shirt, with Middleton giving the full-back job to Ellie Kildunne in England's past two successes.
Be that as it may, with Kildunne frequently clutching the ball when a pass could have been more beneficial, Monye proposed the startling move of playing fly-half and focus Helena Rowland at full-back.
He said England could "go a wide margin over each and every other group" assuming they had "a facilitator" like Rowland "that can release the gas out on the wings however is a protected sets of hands" at 15.
Sarah McKenna, who has been conveyed on the wing up to this point this competition, could carry more insight to the job, while two times covered Emma Sing is as yet developing into the worldwide game.
Middleton has recently called Dow perhaps the best finisher on the planet yet fortunately England have other people who sparkle in this space as well.
Lydia Thompson featured in the second-round win against Italy and Jess Breach showed an extended time of wounds has not held her back with two takes a stab at her return against Wales.
Heather Cowell offers further profundity on the wing and, having been delivered, is presently liable to be gotten back to into the crew after Dow's physical issue.
The back five in the pack
Such is the profundity of England's forward strength, Middleton utilizes a few players across both the second and back lines so he can pack all his ability into one beginning XV.
Poppy Cleall is one such player and, having captained England against Italy, is by all accounts one of a handful of the surefire a beginning spot alongside lock Abbie Ward.
Ward has begun at five in each of the three of England's 2022 Six Nations games and is the main player in the crew to have played the entire competition up until this point.
Be that as it may, there is huge contest for different spots and it will possibly increment assuming World Rugby player of the year Zoe Aldcroft, who can play lock and flanker, gets back from injury on schedule for the Ireland game.
Chief and number eight Sarah Hunter is additionally in the blend, while flanker Marlie Packer put in a player-of-the-match execution against Scotland and is a magic presence in the side.
Sarah Beckett, Alex Matthews, Sadia Kabeya and Vicky Fleetwood have additionally highlighted yet it is lock Rosie Galligan - getting back to Test rugby without precedent for three years - who has gotten Middleton's attention.
"We didn't exactly expect what we escaped Rosie Galligan," he said. "She's poked her far beyond a couple of individuals."
Scrum-half
The fundamental necessity for an England nine gives off an impression of being the capacity to play with rhythm.
Wellness has been key for the Red Roses up until this point, with the side over-burdening in preparing and coming into games exhausted as they stretch their game to the edge.
Natasha Hunt has been the scrum-half who has best conveyed the fast course of action such a long ways in a player-of-the-match execution against Italy.
Before Hunt got back to the global game following a 17-month break, Leanne Infante appeared to have grabbed hold of the beginning nine shirt.
Yet, the Bristol back began in England's initial win against Scotland and has not highlighted since, with Claudia MacDonald - who played in the pre-winter - harmed.
Lucy Packer has played in every one of the three games this year, making her first global beginning against Wales, and put in a decent appearance, yet maybe didn't arrive at the statures of the more experienced Hunt.
The players might get a rest this week, however there is a lot for Middleton to think on before cycle four.
