Overview

• England confirmed captain Zoe Aldcroft will miss the remainder of the group stage with a knee injury as John Mitchell makes 13 changes for Samoa, with Marlie Packer captaining and Helena Rowland and Claudia Moloney-MacDonald returning from injury.
• Fly-half Holly Aitchison remains sidelined for England, while Ellie Kildunne, Natasha Hunt and Zoe Harrison move to the bench after the 69-7 opening win over the USA.
• Canada made six changes to face Wales, with veteran lock Tyson Beukeboom set for her 80th cap and Asia Hogan-Rochester starting on the wing, and a victory could secure a quarter-final berth.
• Wales announced seven changes with flanker Bethan Lewis captaining for the first time as co-captains Alex Callender and Kate Williams are out injured.
• Fiji ruled out Ilisapeci Delaiwau for the tournament with a hand injury and called up Repeka Mata, with a must-win test against largely unchanged Scotland next in Salford.