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Sarah is England's most capped player of all time – in men and women’s rugby. She reached this huge milestone on rugby’s greatest stage – at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in 2022.

She is also England’s only female Rugby World Cup winning Coach and player, winning Rugby’s greatest accolade as a player in 2014 and then as a coach in 2025 at a record breaking, historic World Cup in England.

Sarah is truly a stalwart of English Rugby, and with her rugby pedigree has come the honours. She and her teammates became the first ever female team to win the coveted BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year award in 2014 and Sarah has also been recognised for her Services to Rugby with a MBE and a CBE, and she continues to be a leading inspirational role model for the women’s and girls’ game as Defence Coach for the Red Roses.