patsylabrador Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 How many of you know that the England Rugby team are in the world cup final with New Zealand? Probably very few because it is women playing. I'm not a feminist but I get irritated by vacuous talentless celebrities being celebrated when women who achieve things get ignored. Through a friend of a friend I know one young lady on this team who has taken unpaid leave for this tournament to achieve something beyond the very tough job I know she does, but "Ooops, word censored!"ody seems to care. It bugs me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I know exactly what you mean Patsylabrador Its sad when some women work twice as hard to get minimal recognition. so... give us links to the website and tell us when the match is on we can help to promote womens rugby who is this amazing woman that you know about cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I did know about it and was thrilled when the team beat Australia in the semis. I used to play a bit of rugby at university and DD had a go last year. She is no shrinking violet and plays a lot of football but she was taken aback with how hard it was. Good luck to the Ladies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundgirl Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Final tomorrow at 5.15. here's the link. http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/matches/match=11518/index.html Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundgirl Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Just noticed that the final is at The Stoop; they don't even get toplay in the 'real' stadium!!! Grrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Just noticed that the final is at The Stoop; they don't even get toplay in the 'real' stadium!!! Grrrrr The sad thing is that they would probably only fill a small percentage of it. I am sure that there would be more were there better support by the media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 rugger I've included the above article because it says all I try to but much more eloquently. The woman I know of is a policewoman in a difficult bit of London but I didn't see her name in the squad list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 My step daughter trialed for the squad last year, but didn't get a place We lost by the way but only just. 14-10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Watched the game this afternoon - it was excellent! Much better, in fact, than the Leicester vs Northampton game that I had watched just before it. I was really impressed and will definitely be making the effort to watch more women's rugby in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
