COME ON LAUREN, SHAKE A LEGO!

Hemp's hobby is building models with bricks and it's what helps her to recover from all those tough training sessions and matches

- NEIL MOXLEY

LAUREN HEMP'S hobby involves building blocks and now so does her job.

The England winger is a self-confessed Lego fanatic, with boxes of the world's most famous plastic coloured bricks stacked up in her room.

Her Instagram account is peppered with success stories and there is an obvious parallel to be drawn with the Lionesses' on-field progress.

Asked if she had boxes piled up in her hotel room, she said: "You might be correct... I put a photo on my Instagram yesterday of a motorbike, I'm now working on a globe. I have also done a stadium and I am also working on this little street.

"I've got a bit of a deal going with Lego - they're really good in sending me items that I can do. I just follow the instructions really, so it's not too difficult.

"And, obviously, I love doing it - in fact, I'm going back to do it now once this has finished.

"I find it very therapeutic. For me, after a long training session or hard day, I just go home and do that. I enjoy it.