Dow enjoys watching brief as England teammates put through paces

England's Abby Dow enjoyed a watching brief as Twickenham threw open its doors to the public for a Red Roses open training session. The 24-year-old from Slough is still recovering from the broken leg she suffered against Wales in the TikTok Women's Six Nations in April.

Ad Dow joined the 1000 fans in watching on as players were put through their paces in the baking sun, with the Wasps winger admiring her teammates' skills from a different view. RugbyScarratt not prepared to acccept second-best at Rugby World CupAN HOUR AGO «I actually just think the skillset that we have as a team, looking at it from the side, you can have an appreciation for it,» said Dow, Red Roses open training session with O2 at Twickenham with one thousand fans in attendance.

«I just think it's so good to see where we've come over the last couple of weeks, really working together as a team and seeing that bonding and the small communications and things really paying off in that sense. »It's quite nice to be able to relax and watch and just almost analyse it live because normally we only get it like the laptop when we watch it and it's different seeing it from the side, which is quite nice." Dow was selected in England's 37-player squad for pre-season training but is still unsure of a place in England's squad of 32 for the World Cup which begins in New Zealand on 8 October.

And with selection on everyone's minds, The Red Roses are set to take on fifth-ranked USA on 3 September at Sandy Park in Exeter, before facing familiar foes Wales on 14 September at Bristol's Ashton Gate, heading to the venue for the first time. England's World Cup campaign begins on 8 October against Fiji, while they will also face 2022 TikTok Women's Six Nations runners-up