The Menu: Tara Bourne

Southampton centre-back Tara Bourne, part of the club’s sizeable England Under-23 contingent, answers this issue’s food-themed Menu questionnaire. The summer signing, who scored a late winner against Charlton in November despite playing in defence, discusses her dislike of tuna, her love of sushi and Asian cuisine, and a pre-match routine built around porridge or Weetabix with banana and honey. She reveals her go-to dishes for entertaining teammates – chicken fajitas, gnocchi bolognese and chicken paella – and predicts that former teammate Eleanor Ryan-Doyle would struggle most under the pressure of running her own restaurant kitchen. A breezy regular feature offering a personal, off-the-pitch glimpse of a young defender already making an early attacking impact in her first season on the south coast.