Shaunagh Brown column: Isolation was not all bad - I planned my wedding

It felt like I was taken away from me when I arrived in New Zealand after being selected for the World Cup.

I was isolated in my hotel room for seven days after testing positive for Covid-19.

It was necessary to miss the welcoming ceremony and England's win.

A World Cup is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so to have missed some of it is terrible, but I am a positive person and can't say that it was all bad.

I live with my mother and my fiancée in a house that is very open-door and I think that's important.

There is a lot going on with my siblings and their kids.

Setting aside the disappointment of not being able to play or train was not a bad thing.

There was a lot of wedding planning done.

We got engaged in September and in the last week we have set a date, sent out save the dates and ordered food and rings.

My teammates have made it easier to be isolated. A bag of food was left outside of the door and my team-mate wrote notes on it. The first person said "six more days to go".

I enjoyed it so much that I was getting notes, puzzles, and jokes every meal.

The medical staff took good care of me. I was sad to miss out on some aspects of the World Cup but I joined the cap presentation on zoom and then one of the medical team left me outside the door.

I received a package with squash in it. It is life-changing.

It felt like something had been taken away from me when I tested positive, but I am so grateful to everyone who cared for me.

I had gym equipment in my room that I could use to train. I feel like a new woman after all the rest and my role is to bring that energy to the side before our second game against France.

Timing could have been worse. It's not worth it to get Covid at a World Cup. If you missed the final, it would be devastating.

'Things are genuinely changing'

The World Cup broke records while I was isolated.

The Women's Rugby World Cup is on track to be the biggest.

There was a record attendance of 34,235 for the opening games of the World Cup in New Zealand.

It shows how far women's rugby has come.

There were over 76,000 fans at Wembley for the Lionesses' win against the US on the opening day of the sport.

The profile has brought strange twists to my life.

I was surprised to see that I was in an Indian newspaper.

The account had over 2 million followers. It's weird to see how far that goes and feel like we're making a difference.

Cricket, table tennis and a day at the races

I was able to spend some time with the squad before I began isolating.

There is a core of players who got very into table tennis at our hotel, and we love a bit of cricket as well.

Some of the bowling is my favorite part. I like the bowling of hooker Connie Powell, wing Jess Breach and full-backEllie Kildunne. The ball is launched with venom.

Everyone went crazy whenConnie bowling out our forwards coach.

Wing Sarah McKenna is in charge of our social activities and she organised a virtual day at the races for everyone.

Wales v Scotland was the first thing we wanted to see when we arrived in Whangarei.

Scooters are next. Amy Cokayne, a hooker, is a big fan of them.

Our hotel in New Zealand was at the top of a hill and whether or not a scooter could carry us up it depended on our weight.

Backs and Amy could go up the hill, but forwards couldn't. I wasn't able to.

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