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MY LIFE IN PICTURES… EMILY SCARRATT

2022

HITTING A CENTURY

“This whole weekend, winning my 100th cap, was wild. They (Marlie Packer and Hannah Botterman) didn’t drop me here, they were pretending I weigh three times as much as I do!

“The whole season I didn’t know when I’d be back (from injury), so to get to that point and for it to be at Welford Road, to be in Leicester where I grew up and have played so much of my rugby, was very, very special.

“I got lots of cards and well wishes. On the morning of the game, I got lots of gifts from my friends – cookies, a box of cupcakes, my mum baked a big cake. They all know me well.

“Leanne Riley was getting her 50th as well that day, so I was going to go out first. We were in the changing room and I was about to go when Sunts (Sarah Hunter) said to wait and the girls formed a tunnel on the steps. Then the reception from the crowd… Even though you talk about it, you

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