England’s World Cup-winning captain Zoe Stratford has introduced she is pregnant together with her first youngster.
Saying the information on Instagram the 29-year-old mentioned the child is due in September.
“We’re so extremely grateful and excited,” added Stratford.
The information comes seven months after she led the Purple Roses to a World Cup triumph on house soil.
Stratford’s information will rule her out of the Ladies’s Six Nations, the place England will open their marketing campaign in opposition to Eire at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday, 11 April.
England are but to verify who will lead the aspect within the 2026 marketing campaign, however Marlie Packer and Meg Jones had been vice-captains through the World Cup, with Alex Matthews taking the skipper’s armband for his or her pool match in opposition to Australia.
Purple Roses head coach John Mitchell will identify his Six Nations squad on Friday.
Stratford was named World Participant of the 12 months in 2021 and has additionally co-captained her membership Gloucester-Hartpury to a few back-to-back Premiership Ladies’s Rugby titles.
Because the World Cup success, she has additionally opened a espresso store with England and Gloucester team-mate Natasha Hunt.
Stratford turns into the third England ladies’s participant to announce they’re anticipating this 12 months, following Bristol duo Lark Atkin-Davies and Abbie Ward.
