Rosie Galligan and Marlie Packer: England's World Cup winners expecting baby together

World Cup-winning Red Roses Rosie Galligan and Marlie Packer are expecting a baby together.

In a joint Instagram post, Galligan and Packer wrote: "Baby Packer due October 2026 and your mummies and big brother can't wait to meet you."

The engaged couple were members of the England squad which lifted the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2025.

For Packer, who has a five-year-old son named Oliver, it was her second World Cup triumph having been part of England's victorious 2014 squad.

Galligan is the fourth expectant England women's player to announce their pregnancy after captain Zoe Stratford, Lark Atkin-Davies and Abbie Ward.

All of them will miss England's Women's Six Nations campaign, which kicks off against Ireland in front of a near-capacity Twickenham crowd on Saturday.