Rugby mad would sum up the Dow family. Red Roses back Abby has added to the exploits of her brother Chris, a Maidenhead player until injury curtailed his career, and sister Ruth, who appeared for Maidenhead, Reading, Wasps and England Women. Abby made her England debut in the 2017 Old Mutual Wealth Series against Canada, where she showed an art for finishing, scoring five tries in her first two appearances. In the 2018 Six Nations, she helped the Red Roses to a second-place finish in the table. She featured once during the 2019 Six Nations and crossed in the team’s 60-3 win over Italy in autumn 2019 and starred in the 2020 Six Nations, scoring four tries in three matches. Abby was a key member of England’s 2021 Six Nations winning squad and autumns. She suffered a broken leg in the 2022 Six Nations match against Wales but made her recovery ahead of the Rugby World Cup the same year, where she was a key member of the squad that reached the final against the Black Ferns. In 2023, Abby featured in the 2023 Six Nations and retained her position in the squad for the inaugural WXV tournament in New Zealand later that year. Recently, Abby was named in John Mitchell’s squad for the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations.