From cricket to 'bosh' queen - England prop Muir

Known for "boshing" - a term the England forwards like to use for swatting aside defenders - Muir smiled when discussing the skill. However, to "bosh" is what she reckons the correct terminology is. "It is running into someone and boshing them, or tackling them and boshing them," Muir says. Quietly spoken and humble off the field, the former Wasps front row is a powerful athlete on it, who enjoys physical confrontation. Given she is "too aggressive" for a return to cricket, what she does hope to do one day is have a pottery room at the back of her house, complete with a wheel and kiln - a type of oven used for hardening and drying pottery. Leading from the front is also done on the team bus, with 'Maud's Tours' now part of the team's itinerary. "It started last Six Nations in York. I am at the front of the bus as my little mate Lucy Packer gets travel sick," she explained. "I am always at the front and the mic is always there. I started with the tour of York and it has stuck since. I do forget every week that I am doing it. "It is last minute, trying to get as many facts as I can. True or false. They could be false as Meg Jones likes to send me some stuff." The next destination is Parma - yet to be researched by Muir - where Italy host the world champions on Saturday. England sit top of the Six Nations table with three bonus-point wins over Ireland, Scotland and Wales. …