rugby union, and england head coachjohn mitchell has named zoe aldcroft as captain of the red roses for upcoming women's six nations, and in the home rugby world cup, which kicks off in august. she replaces marlie packer who's been made vice—captain. here's our rugby reporter sara 0rchard. clearly, john mitchell has been thinking about this very situation possibly since the red roses notjust played during the wxv campaign in autumn, but maybe the all the way back to the last six nations campaign. being an england captain at a home world cup comes with a huge amount of responsibility, both on and off the pitch. but arguably, your captain is going to be somebody who is one of the first names on the team sheet, and that is matly what zoe aldcroft provides. she was the world player of the year in 2021. she's recently helped gloucester—hartbury deliver the last two tita nsles gloucester—hartbury deliver the last two titansles and they'll be in the mix this season again. she is an excellent rugby player, and to that reason, you can see why she's been given the captaincy, while packer didn't s

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