The Red Roses captain went to three Olympic Games as a member of the sevens squad but returned to playing XVs in 2021, where she found she had developed a variety of new skills.

She explained to Rugby World magazine: “Sevens was a huge part of my journey. It’s basically a refined version of the skills and culture of the 15s game.

“Your skill-set has to be really clean.

“But for me, it was more the leadership side that I learned. You were able to fail quite a lot, but safely, because if you lost a game, you’ve got to get back on the bandwagon straightaway.

“You learn to fail and recover quickly.

“I always felt that was a strength of mine. Even if I got things wrong, I’d keep going and try again.

“I wouldn’t hold on to mistakes for too long.”

And Meg is better able to “understand” her teammates after playing sevens.

She said:” I think sevens taught me loads. It taught me to understand teammates better as well.

“I probably got it wrong quite a few times because I assumed we all thought the same and acted the same.

“Actually, it’s the complete opposite.

“You’re much better off allowing people the freedom to be themselves, then making sure they’re all buying into the end goal of the team.

“That was probably my biggest lesson from sevens.”