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Red Rose legends can’t wait for Lions to set sail

Red Rose

By PAUL MARTIN

Maggie Alphonsi and Danielle Waterman share 156 England caps between them but both would have traded a few for a chance to call themselves a British & Irish Lion.
The pair were World Cup winners in 2014 but it took another five years before conversations began around the concept of a women’s Lions team.
Former Red Roses skipper Alphonsi, 40, was involved in those discussions and what seemed at one stage distant ambition has now become a reality with the three-Test series in New Zealand in 2027.
“No words can describe how special it will be to see women wear the red jerse...

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