SALFORD'S SENSATIONAL DETYSHA HARPER GETS THE CALL-UP TO ENGLAND'S PRE-SEASON TRAINING SQUAD

Salford's Detysha Harper has been called up to England Red Roses pre-season training squad.

The Loughborough Lightening forward, who began playing Rugby at Eccles Rugby Club aged just  15, has rocketed through the ranks but then what do you expect when she has Rugby running through her veins.

Both her older brother and younger brother played for league team Eccles Roosters and her younger brother played union at Eccles RFC, so it was only inevitable that she would chart her own course into women's rugby, and what a course that has been, being called up for England aged just 19.

Now aged-23, Harper, has already been part of the six nations team for England, winning the championship twice in succession against Ireland in 2019 and France in 2020.

The forward placed a lot of credit for her success on her former Eccles RFC coach Trevor Parrott, whom she said was instrumental in her time at Eccles.

Parrot said that he knew from the moment she walked into the club aged 15 that she had a special quality about her, she was a natural athlete and a joy to coach. He is not surprised that she has gone on to become the star she has.

Currently studying for a degree in Psychology at Loughborough University, the formidable young woman is still inspiring young girls back home to get into the sport.

Meanwhile, England prepare for internationals against the USA and then Wales this September, followed a month later with their World Cup opener against Fiji at Eden Park in Auckland.

The team is then set to play the formidable France and South Africa in group C.