Captain Kate Zackary is one of eight players set for their fourth start of Rugby World Cup 2021

Captain Kate Zackary is one of eight players set for their fourth start of Rugby World Cup 2021 in the Women's Eagles' quarter-final with Canada in Auckland on 30 October.

USA coach Rob Cain has named his team for the Rugby World Cup 2021 quarter-final against Canada at Waitakere Stadium on 30 October.

1. Hope Rogers
2. JoJo Kitlinski
3. Nick James
4. Kristine Sommer
5. Evi Ashenbrucker
6. Kathryn Johnson
7. Rachel Johnson
8. Kate Zackary (captain)
9. Carly Waters
10. Gabriella Cantorna
11. Lotte Clapp
12. Alev Kelter
13. Eti Haungatau
14. Jennine Detiveaux
15. Tess Feury

16. Kathryn Treder
17. Catherine Benson
18. Charli Jacoby
19. Jenny Kronish
20. Bitsy Cairns
21. Bridget Kahele
22. Katana Howard
23. Meya Bizer

• USA coach Rob Cain has made named an unchanged match-day 23 that was beaten 29-14 by Canada in their Pool B match last weekend 
• Prop Hope Rogers will play her 41st test to become the second most-capped Women's Eagles player behind current assistant coach Jamie Burke (51)
• Fellow prop Nick James and second-row Kristine Sommer will both play their 25th tests for the Women’s Eagles
• This will be the fourth start of Rugby World Cup 2021 for eight players: Hope Rogers, Joanna Kitlinski, Rachel Johnson, captain Kate Zackary, Gabriella Cantorna, Alev Kelter, Eti Haungatau and Jennine Detiveaux
• USA need five points to become the third nation – after New Zealand and England – to score 1,300 points in Rugby World Cup history
• The Women’s Eagles have lost six matches in a row against neighbours Canada for the first time. Their last victory was 20-18 in the Women’s Rugby Super Series in San Diego in July 2019
• The Pool B defeat was the first time USA have lost to Canada at a Rugby World Cup, having won their 1998 semi-final 46-6 in Amsterdam and fifth-place play-off 23-20 in Guildford in 2010
• USA are bidding to reach back-to-back semi-finals for the first time since doing so in the first three tournaments from 1991-98