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Jess Breach exclusive: England speedster talks Twickenham return, rise of women's rugby and World Cup ambition

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Jess Breach pauses in mid-flow, caught by a double take. The Red Rose speed queen rarely slows down in a rugby sense these days, but is stopped momentarily in her tracks by the sight of herself on the Twickenham big screen.

One minute Breach is animatedly explaining how she relishes acting as an unofficial sprint coach to her England team-mates, the next she reflects on the Red Roses’ ever-growing role model status.

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