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A large part ofmy love of rugby is due to the weekly rhythm in our house. Saturdays meant doing the weekly shop, wolfing down a swansea pie, and then heading off to sit in the cold for two hours beside my Mam and Dad, and later Mam and Bampi, as we cheered on @ospreysofficial.bsky.social. 🧵1/5

Ten years ago today, the ospreys celebrated their ten year anniversary by renaming the then liberty stadium the “Katie Phillips Stadium”. I still find it completely surreal that for a single match all the commentators were saying MY name, and all the branding everywhere in the stadium got replaced.

Ten years ago I was a confused kid in the middle of her A levels who’d just lost her father to cancer, and didn’t know what she was going to do with her life. Now I couldn’t be more proud of who I’ve become. I’m a mathematician, science communicator, and still an avid rugby fan.

Oh yeah, photo context - the team at the stadium let me keep one of the rebranding panels, and it’s still up at Mams house! (I never got a programme from matchday though, so if anyone has one knocking about I would be forever grateful!) However if you want to see a vintage version from 2015... 🧵5/5