{"id":22128,"date":"2024-02-28T03:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/englands-emily-scarratt-targets-six-nations-after-neck-surgery-but-not-taking-anything-for-granted-rugby-union-news\/28\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T03:22:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:22:29","slug":"englands-emily-scarratt-targets-six-nations-after-neck-surgery-but-not-taking-anything-for-granted-rugby-union-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/englands-emily-scarratt-targets-six-nations-after-neck-surgery-but-not-taking-anything-for-granted-rugby-union-news\/28\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"England’s Emily Scarratt targets Six Nations after neck surgery but ‘not taking anything for granted’ | Rugby Union News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emily Scarratt is targeting a Six Nations comeback with England after returning to rugby for the first time since neck surgery in early 2023.<\/p>\n

Centre Scarratt played 47 minutes for Loughborough Lightning against Bristol in Premiership Women’s Rugby on Friday.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old is now hopeful of adding to her 108 caps for the Red Roses when England’s Six Nations campaign starts against Italy on March 24.<\/p>\n

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Scarratt told the BBC<\/em>: “Hopefully I am fit and back eligible for the Six Nations campaign. I love playing for my country and I have been doing so for some many years.<\/p>\n

“I would be lying if I said I don’t want to get back in that shirt but I am not taking anything for granted. It would mean a lot, but I am not trying to think about it too much.<\/p>\n

“I haven’t played for a long time and don’t have as many game minutes and training minutes as a lot of the girls. A lot of them have been playing really well consistently for the last year or so.”<\/p>\n

Scarratt, a former World Player of the Year and eight-time Six Nations winner, says she has spoken with new England head coach John Mitchell, who has succeeded Simon Middleton in the role.<\/p>\n

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She now hopes to play a major role for his side before potentially finishing her career at the home World Cup in 2025.<\/p>\n

Scarratt added: “He [Mitchell] has checked in throughout this whole process, which has been really nice, to just see how I am getting on.<\/p>\n

“He called me before the first game and said go out and play. That was really nice. I am really looking forward to developing that relationship.<\/p>\n

“If I make 2025 we will see where we are at,” she added. “If it is not 2025, [retirement] won’t be a huge amount of time after, I don’t think.”<\/p>\n

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Emily Scarratt is targeting a Six Nations comeback with England after returning to rugby for the first time since neck surgery in