A factory worker who plays scrum-half for her local women's rugby team has won £1.6m on the National Lottery.

Annie Owens, 21, of Morriston, Swansea, is planning to take her team-mates at Birchgrove RFC away for a celebration weekend and buy the team a new strip.

She bought a lucky dip ticket for Saturday's draw after at a bad day working on the production line at the Ethnic Cuisine factory in Llansamlet.

But she said she loves her job and has no intention of giving it up.

Annie, a supporter of the Ospreys regional rugby side, won a £1,655,605 share of Saturday's jackpot.

She said: "To be honest, I haven't got a clue what to spend the money on - the whole thing just hasn't sunk in yet.

"I'm learning to drive so I'll probably look at buying a new car, but as for the rest of the money I'll just bank it and go back to work.

"I love my work so I couldn't imagine giving it up.

"When this has all settled down I'm going to host a party in our rugby club for all my family and friends and we can really have a night to remember."

She added: "Nothing had gone right for me all day and I'd had an awful day at work, but as I walked through the door at home I just felt lucky all of a sudden.

"I told my mum I was just nipping out to get a Lotto ticket - and look what happened.

"Mind you, I should have known - three times in the previous week or so I had read in different horoscopes that my finances were about to take a turn for the better, and they certainly have."

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