Gemma staying

Gemma staying positive on the long road to recovery

■ By JON NEWCOMBE

MADE of the strongest stuff, Gemma Hill is every bit as tough as the ‘Steelmen’ she looks after on matchdays.
The Ebbw Vale RFC physio has just completed the gruelling Chengdu half-marathon on the eight-month anniversary of the car crash that put her into a coma.
Gemma, 24, who was working for Merthyr RFC at the time, was travelling back from training to her home in Cardiff one Tuesday night when her journey – and her life – took an unexpected turn for the worse.
The Cardiff University graduate can’t remember any of the ev...

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