'Natural decision' to make Boyle captainpublished at 16:37 26 July
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"Fantastic leader" Rachael Boyle has been named the new captain of Hibernian, following the retirement of Joelle Murray.
Boyle, who joined from Aberdeen in 2016, has played at integral part in the club's domestic cup success, despite her spell in the capital being disturbed by injury.
But Boyle continually bounced back, and did so from her pregnancy, too.
Such qualities made it a "very natural decision," according to manager Grant Scott.
“I’ve worked with Rachael before, she is a fantastic leader and I think her status as the player she was before injury and pregnancy, she has the respect of the group," said Scott.
"It was a very natural decision for us to give that honour to Rachael."
On her appointment, the Scotland international added, “It’s a huge honour, especially following after the legend that is Joelle. It’s going to be a hard role to fill with her going into the coaching staff, but it’s a role that I feel I’m ready to step up and take on.
"I want to be that figure that the girls can turn to if they have any problems but also be that leader on and off the pitch that they can follow.
"I like to think whether I’m named captain or not I’m still a leader and we’ve got a number of leaders in the squad too that makes my role that bit easier.”