Sapcote rugby starlet is selected for England"s World Cup training squad

Sapcote rugby superstar Vicky Fleetwood has made it into the Women’s World Cup 2014 training squad.

The 23-year-old could be heading off to Paris in August next year if she’s selected to play for the England team for the prestigious games.

Vicky, who currently works as a PE teacher in three schools and personal trainer at the Training Shed in Market Harborough, said: “I found out last week. I am one of 27 players to be selected and there are still three more to be announced in January. But there will only be 26 going to the World Cup.

“It all depends on injuries and how we train. There are three of us going for two hooker positions.

“I

am really, really excited but I know I am going to have to work really hard. You have to make sure you’re training at your hardest and that you’re better than those in the opposition for that space.

“I am going to have to give it everything I can for the next eight to nine months.”

Vicky,

who is a former John Cleveland College student, has 33 caps for England

and first played for the national team in 2011. She hasn’t missed a game since.

She added: “At the moment I train every day other than Saturday which is my rest day.

“The squad training will be for one week a month where we will train together and then go back to work and our other training.”

Vicky,

who says she feels fighting fit, plays for Lichfield Ladies and trains with them two days a week. She also does conditioning training at Loughborough University once a week and trains with Leicester Tigers once a week.

Vicky Fleetwood

 

Vicky, who is known as the England team hairdresser added: “I plait all the girls hair before we play.

“When you do this you get used to moving around a lot and living out of a suitcase.

“It is hard to juggle everything around and my diary is always full.”

She

said she is hopeful that the England team will get a lot of supporters during the World Cup. She added: “I think that because there has been a lot more media coverage of women’s rugby it’s upped our followers.

“We play a good game. We don’t kick as much so we run more and it has a fantastic pace.

“People

think we are not as strong, powerful or skillful but they need to remember we don’t do this full time and don’t get to practice as much as

the men.

“I think people should watch it and when they do they will see it’s a decent game.”

Article source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/24456254

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Sapcote rugby starlet is selected for England"s World Cup training squad