Vicky Fleetwood: England & Saracens flanker retires

Fleetwood was portion of the England sevens squad that won bronze astatine the 2018 Commonwealth Games

England World Cup victor and Saracens flanker Vicky Fleetwood has retired.

She besides featured astatine the 2017 World Cup, but missed retired connected a spot astatine past year's tourney and a genu wounded has kept her retired of enactment since October.

"Rugby has fixed maine truthful overmuch to beryllium thankful for and volition everlastingly clasp a spot successful my heart," Fleetwood said.

"I tin proudly accidental I enactment everything into playing for some my nine and state - the blood, the sweat, the tears, the alteration of presumption from 15s to sevens and backmost again.

"It whitethorn not beryllium the fairytale ending that everyone dreams of, but erstwhile you're not getting retired of it what you enactment in, the sacrifices go harder to marque and the enjoyment lessens."

Fleetwood joined the England sevens programme for a twelvemonth successful 2017/18 earlier returning to national successful 2019.

A talented inferior hurdler earlier taking up rugby, she is acceptable to determination into coaching.

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