Olivia Apps has settled in nicely to life at Saracens after helping her country reach the World Cup final earlier this year

What would you say to the person who changed your life?

It’s a question Olivia Apps pauses to think about as a smile begins to beam out across her face.

In March 2023, the 27-year-old Canada international posted on Instagram a picture of herself as a child shaving the head of a man whilst on holiday.

At the time of the snap, originally taken in 2007, Apps was still coming to terms with her alopecia universalis diagnosis, posting in the photo’s caption, “I struggled with feeling like I belonged”.

The name of the man, who was the summer camp councillor who ran all the activities, remains a mystery to Apps, but by allowing her to buzz his head, the future Canadi

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