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RISING STARS

1 LILIANA PODPADEC

Age 23 (30 Aug 1999) Born Somerset Position Lock Club Gloucester-Hartpury Country Wales

When did you first play rugby? I was 14 or 15, at Winscombe in Somerset. My brother, Lewis, played there from when he was younger and he went on to play for Slovenia (where their father’s family is from). Then a girls’ team got set up. My dad was very keen for me to play.

Growing up, my brother. He was playing

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