Overview
- Kick-off is 12pm at Franklin’s Gardens in Northampton.
- Head coach Scott Bemand made seven changes from the Japan win, handing starts to Molly Scuffil-McCabe at scrum-half and Clíodhna Moloney-MacDonald at hooker, with Linda Djougang marking her 50th cap.
- Spain boss Juan Gonzalez Marruecos reshaped his team with nine changes following the 54-8 defeat to the Black Ferns.
- Spain’s starting lineup is notably youthful with an average age near 23, and many players are on short-term World Cup contracts.
- Ireland opened with a 42-14 victory over Japan, leaving them able to advance with a five-point haul today before a Brighton meeting with New Zealand.