The England centre has endured a difficult 12 months which saw her lose her Welsh dad Simon to cancer and her English mum Paula to cancer and she’s determined to make her trip to Cardiff as “positive” as it possibly can be under the circumstances.

Asked how she’ll control her emotions when England play Cardiff the day before Mother’s Day, she told the Guardian newspaper: “Breathing is a big factor and I really want to be in the present. It’s going to be a trigger, but I just hope it’s in a positive way. I know my dad would have been there. My mum too. So I’m going to relish it.

“[Mother’s Day is] another trigger.

“With grieving we speak about the firsts – first Father’s Day, first birthday, first Christmas. They’re all triggers.

“But they’re also times you can reflect on the good days and your memories. I’ll be thinking so much of Mum and Dad and all they meant to me.”

Ahead of last year’s tournament, Meg was still reeling from her father’s stage four cancer diagnosis, but admitted she played better than ever.

She said: “It was the best rugby I’ve ever played because nothing is as bad as hearing that news. Nothing can make me sadder, or diminish my value more than losing my dad, one of my best mates and the rock of our family. All through the Six Nations my dad kept saying: ‘You played out of your skin, Megs.’

“He went to the Bristol game, Wales v England. He was a proud Welshman, but he supported me. I had a good game and he was buzzing.”