""After an incredible 27 years, with a fair few injuries along the way, the time has come to hang up the boots and step away from playing the game I have loved since I was six years old," she told Saracens' website, external. "To finish my career by running out at the StoneX one last time, in a final against Harlequins no less, could not have been scripted any better. And to have found my way home to the club makes it even more special.""
"Cleall, 33, won two Six Nations titles with England and two league titles with Sarries. Cleall spent five years with Saracens, where she won two Premiership Women's Rugby titles, before joining Wasps in 2021. She moved to Harlequins in 2022, where she played for two seasons, before returning to Saracens in March last year and winning the PWR Cup."
Bryony Cleall will retire after Saturday's Premiership Women's Rugby Cup final at StoneX Stadium against Harlequins. She ends a 27-year playing career that included injuries and major honours. Cleall won two Six Nations titles with England and two Premiership titles with Saracens, plus a PWR Cup after returning to Saracens in March. Her club career included five years at Saracens, a move to Wasps in 2021, two seasons at Harlequins from 2022, then a return to Saracens. Saracens reached recent finals, and Cleall has been named on the bench for the final.
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