USA Women’s National Team XVs Head Coach Rob Cain named 42 players to the Rugby World Cup player pool for New Zealand this coming fall. Rosters will be selected for the Pacific Four Series 2022, a Rugby World Cup preseason assembly, and a UK preparatory tour ahead of a finalized traveling roster for the Rugby World Cup in October.
| Position Group | Player Name | Club |
| Prop | Hope Rogers* | Exeter Chiefs |
| Maya Learned | Gloucester-Hartpury RFC | |
| Catie Benson* | Sale Sharks | |
| Erica Jarrell | Beantown RFC | |
| Nick James* | Sale Sharks | |
| Charli Jacoby | Loughborough Lightning | |
| Jett Hayward | Life West Gladiatrix | |
| Hooker | Joanna Kitlinksi | Sale Sharks |
| Saher Hamdan | Life University | |
| Kathryn Treder | Beantown RFC | |
| Second Row | Jenny Kronish | Harlequins (ENG) |
| Alycia Washington* | Worcester Warriors | |
| Evelyn Ashenbrucker | San Diego Surfers | |
| Kristine Sommer* | Gloucester-Hartpury RFC | |
| Hallie Taufoou | Loughborough Lightning | |
| Jordan Matyas* | USA Rugby Sevens | |
| Flanker | Rachel Johnson | Exeter Chiefs |
| Rachel Ehrecke | Colorado Gray Wolves | |
| Georgie Lilly Perris Redding | Sale Sharks | |
| Elizabeth Cairns | Life West Gladiatrix | |
| No. 8 | Kate Zackary* | Exeter Chiefs |
| Kathryn Johnson | Twin Cities Amazons | |
| Scrumhalf | Olivia Ortiz | Colorado Gray Wolves |
| Carly Waters | Saracens | |
| Shelby Lin | Berkeley All Blues | |
| Bridget Kahele | Beantown RFC | |
| Nikki Kenyon | Life West Gladiatrix | |
| Kelsie O’Brien | Colorado Gray Wolves | |
| Flyhalf | Megan Foster | Exeter Chiefs |
| Gabby Cantorna | Exeter Chiefs | |
| McKenzie Hawkins | Life West Gladiatrix | |
| Center | Amy Talei Bonte | Life West Gladiatrix |
| Alev Kelter* | Saracens | |
| Emily Henrich | Beantown RFC / Dartmouth College | |
| Katana Howard | Sale Sharks | |
| Wing | Jennine Detiveaux | Exeter Chiefs |
| Charlotte “Lotte” Clapp | Saracens | |
| Kayla Lawson | Life West Gladiatrix | |
| Sam Sullivan | Colorado Gray Wolves | |
| Fullback | Tess Feury* | NYRC / Railway Union RFC |
| Bulou Mataitoga | Loughborough Lightning | |
| Meya Bizer* | Beantown RFC |
*Have been selected to a previous Rugby World Cup in fifteens
Cain and his staff will be to select a traveling roster for the Pacific Four Series in June as four of the world’s top teams go head-to-head in New Zealand. The pre–Rugby World Cup tournament will be contested by New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States.
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