After a taxing week at work, Shona Hoyle will be given an extra push by a group of excited students from her high school when she steps out to make her Women's Super League debut for Leeds Rhinos.
The forward is no stranger to juggling her day job with her rugby commitments after carving out a career that has taken her from Siddal to Leeds via Featherstone Rovers, Bradford Bulls, Castleford Tigers, Huddersfield Giants and St Helens. A head of year at Carlton Bolling in Bradford, Hoyle will have her own fan club at Headingley for Friday's double-header against former side Huddersfield. 'I've got 348 children in my year group,' she told The Yorkshire Post.
'I thought, 'How can I be closer to home and get the same?' – that was at Leeds. I very much think like an athlete so it was important that I stayed at the same level rather than step down.' A tryscorer in Saints' Challenge Cup final win over Leeds last year, Hoyle has had to tread carefully in her early days at Headingley. The 30-year-old is desperate to make fresh memories with her new team-mates. 'It's like a little inside joke at Leeds,' she said.
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