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Wassell first took up rugby at school when she was 15 and progressed through Scotland Women U18s pathway until 2012. Prior to this, she was a keen gymnast but chose to try rugby for a chance to play a team sport, when the coach of Ellon Rugby Club came to the school looking for new
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