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

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LOUGHBOROUGH, ENGLAND - MARCH 20: Ellie Kildunne of Wasps in action during the Loughborough Lightning and Wasps Rugby Allianz Premier 15s match at Loughborough University Stadium on March 20, 2021 in Loughborough, England. (Photo by Morgan Harlow/Getty Images)

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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