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Young Guns – Jess Taylor

England U18s back row Jess Taylor recalls earning a pound from her father every time she tackled hard enough to make a boy cry at Huntingdon RFC.

Now, 13 years later, that same hunger is driving the 18-year-old standout forward towards the top of the women’s game.
Taylor told The Rugby Paper: “I started out playing mixed tag rugby, and the boys would always go, ‘Run at the girl first’. My dad would give me £1 every time I made a boy cry. I’d get them down, and by the end of the day, I was walking home with a fiver. That was kind of my thing.”
That relentless work ethic has become Taylor’s t...

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