Although Evie Gallagher does not have any memories of her late father, the Scotland star feels connected to him due to his passion for rugby.<\/p>\n
Her dad, Paul, passed when Gallagher was a young child but despite that – and his aptitude for another sporting pursuit – the number eight harbours a feeling of closeness to him.<\/p>\n
“He was actually a very good golf player, that was his skill set,” Gallagher revealed. <\/p>\n
“My mum always says rugby was his passion and he was looking to get into coaching before he passed.<\/p>\n
“I don’t have any personal memories of my dad, because I was so young [when he died], but I think it’s something I’ve realised as I’ve grown up – there is emotion there and I can’t really control it, it comes out at weird times.”<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old is known for her passion on the pitch and has been a tyro in the back-row for Scotland during the World Cup, earning plenty of plaudits.<\/p>\n
A turnover machine, she is known for her work at the breakdown, powerful ball-carrying and defensive work-rate, and has even been touted to make the future British & Irish Lions squad in 2027.<\/p>\n
“I like to think my passion comes from his passion, and it’s a way to feel connected to him because I don’t have many memories. It’s always something I carry with me, which is really special.<\/p>\n
“I actually brought one of his retro Scotland rugby shirts with me, and I wore it for my first World Cup shirt presentation.<\/p>\n
“It’s little things like that, that make feel close to him even though I don’t have much to go on. Anything I can get that adds that sentiment, and helps me – in a good way – bring emotion to my game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although Evie Gallagher does not have any memories of her late father, the Scotland star feels connected to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-140946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}