As the world’s elite descend on England 2025, meet the famous parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings who have inspired them
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hen the loosehead prop Hannah Botterman made her England debut, on the sidelines, her aunt shed a tear; knowing full well what it meant to wear the Red Rose for the first time. Jane Everett also knows what it feels like to lift the Rugby World Cup, having been part of the victorious England side of 1994, a feat her niece’s team will try to emulate on home soil this September.
Everett, an unused replacement tighthead prop when England beat the United States 38-23 in Edinburgh, also coached another member of the 2025 cohort, the prop Kelsey Clifford, at Old Albanian Juniors once she retired from playing.
“It’s been great to see them actually live my dream,” says Everett, who played American Football before transferring her skills to rugby. “When I played it was always: ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing to be a professional rugby player?’
