Four Richmond players have been named in head coach Gary Street's England Women's starting XV for the penultimate Nations Cup clash against South Africa in Toronto tomorrow (9.30pm BST).

Fiona Pocock starts on the wing, Alice Richardson is at fly-half, with team-mates Rebecca Essex and Karen Jones among the forwards.

Having already beaten the USA and France, England go into the game on course to clinch the round-robin tournament for a second year on the bounce and, at the same time, add to the RBS Six Nations title they have already won this year.

England captain Catherine Spencer returns to the line-up after being rested against France, while Saracens' Charlotte Barras is named as vice-captain and switches to full-back.

Lichfield's Olivia Poore, Plymouth Albion's Georgina Rozario and Saracens' Rachael Burford also get their first Nations Cup starts of the tournament.

Street said: "We are very looking forward to the next game. It's going to be great to play against new opposition.

"South Africa have improved tremendously since the last World Cup and England versus South Africa is always a huge game in world rugby."

Spencer added: "We have not played against South Africa since 2006 so we are very much looking forward to running out against them on Wednesday.

"They are an ever improving side who have some very talented individuals so we need to be clinical in everything that we do.

"We are playing in increasingly hot conditions here in Canada but I am confident that our fitness and conditioning will help us to overcome this additional challenge."

England team

15 Charlotte Barras (VC) Saracens 14 Katherine Merchant Worcester 13 Claire Allan Saracens 12 Rachael Burford Saracens 11 Fiona Pocock Richmond 10 Alice Richardson Richmond 9 Georgina Rozario Plymouth Albion 1 Claire Purdy Wasps 2 Olivia Poore Lichfield 3 Katy Storie Team Northumbria 4 Sarah Beale Lichfield 5 Rebecca Essex Richmond 6 Karen Jones Richmond 7 Heather Fisher Wasps 8 Catherine Spencer C Bristol

Replacements

16 Amy Garnett Saracens 17 Sophie Hemming Bristol 18 Jo McGilchrist Wasps 19 Gemma Sharples Worcester 20 Amy Turner Richmond 21 Kim Oliver Bristol 22 Danielle Waterman Team Northumbria