Women's Six Nations 2026: England's Hannah Botterman & May Campbell out of tournament

Hannah Botterman started England's World Cup final win against Canada in September England's Hannah Botterman and May Campbell will play no part in the Women's Six Nations as they require surgery. Prop Botterman will have a second operation on an ankle injury sustained playing for Bristol in December, while Saracens hooker Campbell will have a knee operation next week. Bristol lock Delaney Burns and Saracens prop Liz Crake have been added to the squad as cover. Back row Alex Matthews has been ruled out of Saturday's game against Scotland at Murrayfield because of a shoulder injury sustained in the 33-12 win against Ireland last Saturday. England's team to play Scotland will be announced later on Thursday. It was confirmed before the Six Nations that centre Tatyana Heard would miss the entire competition with a foot injury. And on Monday scrum-half Natasha Hunt and lock Morwenna Talling were ruled out of the rest of the tournament after suffering leg injuries against Ireland. There were already several absentees from the squad that won the World Cup in September. Zoe Stratford, Abbie Ward, Rosie Galligan and Lark Atkin-Davies are pregnant, while Emily Scarratt and Abby Dow have reti