By NEIL HARVEY
Former England women’s captain Sarah Hunter has been awarded and CBE and professional referee, Sara Cox an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to rugby.
Both women have been trailblazers in the women’s game, Sarah having recently retired as England’s most capped player and Sara a pioneer for female match officials, as the world’s first professional female referee when centrally contracted by the RFU in 2016 and the first female to referee a Premiership Rugby league and cup game.
Hunter, who is to join the England women’s coaching set-up, captained her country fro...
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