Megan Jones: England centre says playing rugby helping her through grief of losing parents

England centre Meg Jones says she is discovering “peace within the ache” after struggling the lack of each mother and father in fast succession.

Jones’ father handed away from lung most cancers final summer season and 4 months later, her mom died.

“It is simply been robust,” the 21-times capped Pink Rose, informed PJ Radio Leicester.

“Simply getting your head round issues, making an attempt to see lights, hope is form of the one factor you’ll be able to maintain onto.”

The 28 year-old remains to be making preparations for her mum’s funeral and has chosen to maintain taking part in for her membership aspect Leicester Tigers Girls.

Jones, one in all 32 centrally-contracted England girls’s gamers, missed the September internationals and profitable WXV title defence with an ankle harm.

She began 4 of England’s 5 video games in final 12 months’s Six Nations, forming a first-choice midfield partnership with Gloucester-Hartpury’s Tatyana Heard.

“My mum and pop introduced me as much as work laborious and perceive that not the whole lot is everlasting, issues are short-term and emotion is one in all them,” she added.

“You would possibly really feel unhappy at some point however you understand, in the event you experience the wave, you will cross it.

“I am doing loads of work on myself to attempt to get by this era. I’ve acquired a tremendous assist community round me, in my accomplice Celia, in my buddies at residence in Cardiff.

“It’s simply superb to have these folks round me, in addition to my team-mates after all.”

After choosing up their first residence PWR win of the season with a 38-17 victory over Sale Sharks girls, Jones defined how a lot rugby had helped her in latest weeks and months.

“What I like about rugby is that nobody actually mentions it,” she added.

“They inform me they’re there, however in the end we simply need to get on that pitch and win.

“That is what I like. It is form of an escape for me, and it retains me on the straight path with objective as a result of that is what we would like as people – a connection and objective – and rugby’s given me that.

“It is allowed me to combat this adversity actually, rather well.”