Jason Leonard currently stands alone as the most capped England rugby player of all time, but he won’t be for much longer if Rochelle ‘Rocky’ Clark has anything to say about it.

When the 33-year-old isn’t coaching at Chesham Stags and Bucks New Uni, she can often be found doing the thing which she loves more than anything else: representing her country.

Since bursting onto the international scene 12 years ago, the prop has donned the national colours on 103 occasions – making her the most capped female England player of all time.

Now, almost a year on from lifting the World Cup, Clark is determined to add yet another accolade to her growing list by surpassing the feats of a man who is regarded by many as one of greatest players ever to represent England.

“Old Jason Leonard is definitely on the radar now,” joked Clark, who won caps 101,102 and 103 in the recent Rugby Super Series tournament in Canada.

“I want to play for as long as I can and the goal is to get to the next World Cup, so, theoretically, I’m chasing down his record.

“He got 114 so my plan is to be the most capped England player, as long as injury and selection allow.”

The past 12 months have been unforgettable for Clark, who, alongside winning the World Cup back in August and setting a new national record, collected the BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year award in December before she was awarded an MBE for her services to rugby in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.

Windsor Castle provided the backdrop for another “fantastic” day for Clark, her friends and her family on Tuesday as the forward picked up her MBE from Princess Anne, while her mum, England teammate Kat Merchant and Graham Smith – a man who she dubbed “an inspiration” having been coached by him for 11 years – watched on.

She said: “It was everything that I could have imagined and more. Windsor Castle was fabulous, the setting in the grounds was lovely, walking in I was really nervous and there was lots of people there.

“My mum went crazy, buying a new frock and telling everyone. It’s been really good and afterwards we went out for a cream tea with mum, my family, and we had a special family dinner last night (Tuesday), so it’s been a real big celebration in the Clark household. The family is very, very proud.”

The day came “very, very close” to being on a par with winning the World Cup, according to Clark, but capturing the trophy for England, and ending a run of three successive final defeats, still ranks as the pinnacle of her career.

How to trump the events of the past year, which she labelled “a fairytale and a rugby player’s dream”, is now the question for Clark, but she isn’t one to live off past successes, preferring instead to plot more achievements in the future.

“I think it will be quite hard to top it. I’m still going strong and hopefully I’ll keep adding caps to my tally, but it’s all about me enjoying playing and carrying on for as long as I’m good enough,” she said.

“There’s no better feeling than pulling on that white shirt, so I’ll keep going. When you get days like yesterday (Tuesday) everything is all worthwhile. The hunger is still burning.”

Far from being satisfied with the achievements of a glittering career, Clark is as motivated as ever to play a part in England’s defence of the World Cup at the 2017 edition of the tournament in Ireland.

Clark said: “It’s less than two years away, so I’m really looking forward to it and I’m excited about it. I’m training hard every day to make sure I get there.

“Some people feel that they’ve achieved their goal and their dream and they have, and I have, but I want to replicate it and I want to be a double world champion.

“Once it’s all settled in that you’re a world champion it becomes addictive and you want to see if you can do it twice in a row.”