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“I woke up with salt in my hair – it was the Clealls”

WHAT’S THE funniest thing you’ve heard on the pitch? When she was at Waterloo, Sarah Beckett once told Poppy Cleall she had eaten all the pies.

Who are the jokers in the squad? Other than me? Amy Cokayne is my partner in crime. Abbie Ward is a bit of a joker – I bring it out of her!

Any phobias? I don’t like snakes. I’m not a massive fan of critters either but snakes I wouldn’t know what to do with myself.

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