England and Bristol Bears lock Abbie Ward has introduced she is pregnant along with her first baby.

In a submit on Instagram, she stated: “I can not wait to have my mini-me pitch aspect subsequent season and present that athletes might be mums too.”

The previous Harlequins participant, who’s married to Bristol coach Dave Ward, joined the membership in 2021.

Ward additionally performed for DMP Sharks and was a part of the squad that received the Ladies’s Six Nations in 2020.

She stated the child is due in the summertime and added that she’s going to proceed to “prepare onerous” and provides her “full help to the Pink Roses and Bristol Bears”.