John Mitchell’s side began their title defence with a win against the USA 21 - 61. The Red Roses scored nine tries and extended their winning streak to 18 games.

• Match highlights: USA 21 - 61 Red Roses

The Red Roses are back in action against the Black Ferns, having beaten them in their warm-up game at Allianz Stadium last month.

The Black Ferns come into this game having been defeated 29 - 27 by Ireland in their first WXV fixture. 

Views from camp

Amy Cokayne: I think New Zealand are in a similar position to us, everyone brings their A game to play them. They’re a big game and no-one has any reason not to get up for that fixture. Ireland's win just shows that if you’re one or two per cent off your game then people can take advantage.

No matter what happened this week would have been a big week anyway, I don’t think the Black Ferns would have needed a loss to get up for it.

At Allianz Stadium we were disappointed we let them score. The tries they scored were quite soft, so hopefully we’ll fix those areas where they took advantage, put on a good show and implement the game that we’re trying to build on the big stage.