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RISING STARS

1 HEATHER COWELL

Age 23 (23 Jan 1996) Born Twickenham Club Harlequins Country England Position Wing

What sports did you play growing up? I played all sports at school and mini rugby at London Scottish with my brothers for a while. I also did gymnastics, which got serious pretty quickly and they weren’t keen on me playing rugby as well.

I started gymnastics at seven, did my first international competition at nine and my first World Championships

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