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Venue:<\/strong> Headingley, Leeds <\/span>Date:<\/strong> Saturday, 4 November <\/span>Kick-off:<\/strong> 12:00 GMT<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Coverage:<\/strong> Watch on BBC Two, plus text updates on BBC Sport website and app.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | England return to international action against Wales on Saturday with an NRL Women’s Premiership Grand Final winner in their squad.<\/span><\/p>\n It has been a landmark year for the women’s team as Georgia Roche, Hollie-Mae Dodd and Fran Goldthorp, who became the first three England players to sign professional contracts with clubs in Australasia’s prestigious NRLW.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Roche was part of the Newcastle Knights side which secured back-to-back NRL titles and started their Grand Final win over Gold Coast Titans on 1 October, while Goldthorp and Dodd appeared for North Queensland Cowboys and Canberra Raiders respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n All three were part of the England squad at last year’s World Cup, but only half-back Roche will be involved when England play Wales in Leeds.<\/span><\/p>\n England captain Jodie Cunningham told the BBC: “Not only did we have three England girls go out and play in the NRLW and get contracts, we had an NRLW winner.<\/span><\/p>\n “I think Georgia was outstanding and all three players did themselves a lot of credit. But for me with Georgia coming back, what she offers in the halves is really important to England and she is going to be pivotal.”<\/span><\/p>\n In April, when deals involving Dodd and Roche were first announced, <\/span>England head coach Stuart Barrow said it was “positive”<\/span><\/a> for the national team and “good for England in the long run”.<\/span><\/p>\n St Helens skipper Cunningham, who in August became the first female captain to lift the Challenge Cup at Wembley, believes the trio’s impact shows the level of talent in England.<\/span><\/p>\n She added: “There’s always an opportunity for the Aussies to maybe look down on the competition over here.<\/span><\/p>\n “I think us having some really good players going out there, competing and doing themselves really proud, just proves that we have got talent here and have got a lot to offer. Then when it comes to internationals we are going to be a force to be reckoned with.”<\/span><\/p>\n England lost in the semi-finals of their home World Cup last year, beaten in the last four by New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n Barrow succeeded Craig Richards as England coach after the tournament and his only match in charge to date was a <\/span>64-0 thrashing of France in April.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n |