DMP Sharks’ Lauren Torley has been playing 15s rugby regularly for only a year as she has spent most of her time in the game playing touch rugby.
She did try 15s but in her first match at university she punctured a lung and so decided to avoid full contact.
However, when the pandemic struck, touch was suspended and the winger decided to dip her toe back into the 15s set-up.
The 21-year-old says: “The injury could make you scared of contact. But for me it’s one of those things where you don’t want to think too much, especially when you’re going into the contact because you’ll psych yourself...