'Hopefully I haven't become a dictator coach overnight...'

ENGLAND LEGEND NOW ENJOYING TRAINING HER EX-TEAM-MATES AT LIGHTNING

- writes Milly McEvoy of Sportsbeat.

IT has been six weeks since Emily Scarratt called time on her distinguished playing career, a short enough amount of time for her to pretend she is still just injured

England's record points scorer ended her career after contributing to the Red Roses' Rugby World Cup win on home soil.

Also a part of the 2014 World Cup winning squad, Scarratt has now moved into coaching full-time in the PWR with Loughborough Lightning.

"I don't know if it has sunk in yet," said the Leicester-born assistant coach, above.

"It is relatively fresh still, and I've been quite busy, so it is probably when you are not busy that you have that time to reflect and look at it differently.

"I haven't decided whether I have tricked myself into thinking I am injured and therefore am not playing at the moment, or whether I really understand that I am not playing again.