Jess Breach resorts to scrum cap for Grand Slam decider after horror injury

Jess Breach is to wear a scrum cap for the first time when England face France in Saturday’s Grand Slam decider to protect the gruesome wound that required the attention of a plastic surgeon.

Breach has been given the all-clear to continue on the left wing for the TikTok Women’s Six Nations clash in Bayonne only six days after being the victim of a dangerous tackle from Ireland back row Dorothy Wall.

Once the 24-year-old had received on-field treatment and passed her HIA, she was taken to hospital where 15 stitches were inserted into a horrific cut on her forehead which she later posted on Instagram.

By Wednesday she was back on the training field testing out a scrum cap with the hope that England’s attempt to win a fourth successive Six Nations title will be its only appearance.

“Gruesome is a great way to describe it! The plastic surgeon at Leicester hospital did an amazing job of fixing me up well with stitches,” Breach told the PA news agency.

“A lot of people on social media said ‘that’s gross, you could have warned us!’. I definitely did warn them! Everyone is shocked by it and even when I showed the photo to the other girls they were like ‘oh my God’.

“It wasn’t pleasant, but I wouldn’t say it was that painful, more a weird feeling. At the time I just thought it was a scratch and maybe I might need it glued back together.

“I had no idea of location or depth and when I put my hand to my head there was blood, so I was thinking ‘oh I wonder where that’s coming from’. When I saw the photo I was like ‘Oh, OK’.

“I’d never worn a scrum cap until Wednesday. Everyone said I rocked it! Cute was the word people were saying, but I’m not sure that’s a compliment!

“I’ll have to wear it to cover the cut, which was so deep. If