England based at Sunbury

9:56am Thursday 8th November 2007

International rugby will come to rugby this season, with all of England's Women's fixtures being played at London Irish Amateurs RFC.

England, who are ranked second in the world, will host the United States on Saturday, December 15 (2.30pm) and also have home RBS Six Nations fixtures against Wales on Saturday, February 2, and Ireland on Saturday, March 5 next year.

England A will also be based at Sunbury and admission to their match against the United States on Wednesday, December 12 will be free.

England head coach Gary Street said: "London Irish ARFC is a fantastic facility and over the years the club have been very supportive of women's rugby and all the work the RFUW do so I am delighted that we will be playing all our home games at London Irish this season.

"The club is in an area that is a real hot-bed of rugby within London and the country and it has a fantastic rugby tradition. England women last played at Sunbury against Ireland in the Six Nations a couple of years ago and it was a very successful international.

"It also has a superb playing surface which will give us the opportunity to play the style of rugby we want to play and I am sure that we will see some more fantastic games of rugby here this season. With it being so close to Twickenham it will give the England teams a real feeling of a true home fixture."

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