Louise Burgess (Exeter Chiefs) as a youngster started playing football as her first sport alongside being a member of her local pony club. The first sport she ever took on seriously was Netball at school but it wasn't until university that she began playing Rugby. After she would end up featuring for the England Universities side, featuring for their 7s side.
Prior to joining the Chiefs, she enjoyed a season playing in the Premier 15s for Richmond, before making the move to Devon to team up with Susie Appleby's new-look team at Exeter.
Already she has written her name into the history books with her new club, scoring the first-ever hat-trick of tries by a female player for the Chiefs in a comprehensive 76-5 victory over DMP Sharks in February 2021 at Sandy Park.
Away from the game, Burgess is a researcher at the Orthopaedic Research Institute at Bournemouth University, combining her role there with studying part-time for a PhD.
It was a delight interviewing Louise on the pod, her passion for sports and Rugby clearly comes across where she would encourage young women to get involved!
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