<p><strong>The Telegraph Rugby podcast will be back on Monday 4th September ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Until then, enjoy another episode of our latest sport podcast.</strong></p><p>This episode of the Telegraph Women's Sport podcast, we look at one of the hottest topics in women’s sport right now: ACL - three letters that can strike fear into sportspeople. An anterior cruciate ligament injury means a lengthy spell on the sidelines and women are more likely to suffer them than men. But why? How can the risk be reduced? And what is it like to go through rehab for such a serious knee injury?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Sam is joined by three people who know more about this tricky injury than most.</p><p><strong>Fiona Pocock</strong>&nbsp;won more than 30 caps for England and played in the 2010 Rugby World Cup, but she also spent long periods on the sidelines with injury. She now runs her own personal training company, specialising in female-specific programmes.</p><p><strong>Tess Braunerova</strong>&nbsp;is a Premiership rugby player &amp; international for the Czech Republic - she did her ACL the season before last.</p><p>And<strong>&nbsp;Tom Jacobs</strong>&nbsp;is a chartered physiotherapist who has worked in both elite and grass-roots sport. He helped set up the Sporting Knee Injury Prevention Programme (SKIPP) after seeing an increase in ACL ruptures amongst teenagers playing sport.</p><br><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/the-telegraph-womens-sport-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow the Telegraph Women's Sport Podcast now</a></p><p>For more Women's Sport news from the Telegraph:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>