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RISING STARS

1 DETYSHA HARPER

Age 21 (23 Oct 1998) Born Salford Club Loughborough Country England Position Loosehead

What sports did you play growing up? In school I played rounders, netball and football. There was no rugby team at school.

I was 15, nearly 16. My older brother played and my younger brother played, so I said, “Why don’t you ever take me?” My mum took me along to Eccles RFC – they had an U15 and U18 girls’ team –

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