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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Duncan Bech

Abby Dow pushing for Women’s Rugby World Cup start six months after breaking leg

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Abby Dow feared she was destined to become the obligatory luckless casualty of England’s World Cup preparations as she lay on a stretcher at Gloucester stricken by a broken leg.

The wing suffered the horror injury against Wales at Kingsholm in April and when she was given an initial prognosis of nine months of rehabilitation, the 24-year-old Wasps finisher braced herself for the worst.

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