S4: How Rugby Made Me: Abbie Ward

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

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Sports, Rugby

4.4 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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An exclusive interview brought to you by British Airways… Bristol Bears & England lock, Abbie Ward is the first woman to benefit from the RFU’s maternity policy. In late January this year, she announced she was pregnant & over the summer, she gave birth to beautiful baby, Hallie. So, Abbie’s good friend, former teammate and fellow mother, Katy Daley-McLean headed to Bears’ High Performance Centre to find out how Abbie's finding motherhood and what her journey back to the pitch might look like... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to how rugby made me brought to you by British Airways. My name is Katie
0:08.8	Daly McLean and today I'm in Bear Country to meet an old friend. I played alongside her back in the day at
0:15.7	D'Alton Park when she made a debut over a decade ago. Since then she's gone
0:21.0	on to a mass over 60 caps for her country, won several grand slams
0:25.6	and even bagged herself a Premiership title.
0:28.2	But that isn't the most exciting bit.
0:30.1	England and Bristol Bears, Abby Ward, is now the proud mom to baby hally.
0:34.5	And the best bit she has full intentions of getting back on the pitch for both
0:38.4	club and country this season.
0:40.2	Let's go see if we can find it and maybe have a little nosy.
0:43.0	Kate McLean!
0:45.0	Hello!
0:46.0	How you doing?
0:47.0	I'm good, thank you.
0:48.0	How are you?
0:49.0	Yeah, so good to see you.
0:50.0	More importantly, where is Holly?
0:52.0	She is with her dad somewhere, so we'll track her down, we'll have a bit of a tour.
0:56.0	I'll show you around.
0:58.0	That is in case you forget it.
1:00.0	That is the bit...
1:01.0	Just in case you need it, always prepped. I'm excited for the tour. Yeah.
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