Age: 20

Club: Wasps

Honours: England Women (2 caps)

Position: Wing

The lowdown

Abigail Dow is not camera shy. The 20-year-old wing scored back-to-back hat-tricks in front of the television cameras, which aren’t always present to capture the women’s game, particularly at club level. Firstly, there was a dazzling, hard-running performance in England’s third autumn Test against Canada at Twickenham and then again in last weekend’s historic Premier15s fixture, the first game of the new league to be broadcast live on television, as Wasps demolished Richmond 44-0.

If that wasn’t enough, the former junior swimmer scored a brace of tries on her England debut, helping the Red Roses to a 79-5 rout of the Canadians in the autumn opener at Allianz Park.

For this player, the team environment has been key to her blossoming international career.

“The girls have all been incredible. The atmosphere is so good and that shows in our performance, we play for each other, not for ourselves, and everyone’s skills and abilities just all mesh and work well together.”