Women’s Game in Focus: Harlequins and England full-back Ellie Kildunne

Ellie Kildunne was told she couldn’t play in her school’s boys rugby team as they received complaints – because she was ‘running rings’ around everybody else!

Kildunne, 21, who has just signed for Harlequins from Wasps, says: “I was the first girl in the history of my school to play in the boys team in year 7. In year 8 when girls aren’t really allowed to play with boys the rules changed so I played down a year. That year they said ‘look we recognise you from last year and there’s quite a few complaints’ because I was running rings round the boys so the rules ended up changing.
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