New teacher to impress

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it was really refreshing.

Like, he made me, like, w- like, probably through the Red Roses, through the way we've played at Saracens, we're quite structured the way we wanna play, sorry, and how we see things.

But he's like, "There's space there.

There's space there.

There's no wrong option." And it's then retuning your brain to go, "Actually, let's just play.

Has it just been really validating?

So it could almost only end in one of two very extremely different outcomes, right, Marley?

Yeah, most definitely, and I think, you know, the bridesmaid era is the fact we had a bit of a rebuild.

We, we dominated for, for like four or five seasons.

Um, but then you have to go through this rebuild.

You have to get new players in.

You have to get a new page, and I think this season, like the first game of the season was a write-off against Gloucester.

But then we, we found ourselves then playing Trailfinders, and we found our groove.

Yeah

[laughs]

So just so everyone's aware.

Um, so going into the World Cup, um, me and Rosie probably thought that I was gonna retire at the end of the season, but that wasn't the case.

Uh, came out the World Cup, went back to club rugby, was loving club rugby, and kind of just been playing some of my best rugby.

So we knew that I wanted to stay playing, um, we'd do that alongside having our baby girl, so super excited.

Uh, started talking contract talks with Saracens, um, going into the Six Nations.

Um, at the time Alex and me, we get on really well, and he said, "I don't know what Saracens are gonna be able to offer, so just giving you a heads-up there.

Yeah

[laughs]

... and I actually went out and cut the grass.

I had 10 minutes to myself.

I cut the grass.

I wasn't gonna ring Mitch.

I was obviously a bit mad.

By the time I finished cutting the grass, I rung him, digested what he had to say.

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