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Girls playing rugby needs to stop being an 'anomaly', Red Roses star says
Ellie Kildunne urges more investment and school access to end the anomaly of girls playing rugby, citing challenges like inequality and negative perceptions from a Rugby Football Union survey.
- Ellie Kildunne told Sky News that girls' rugby must be normalised rather than treated as an anomaly, with her early try helping England women's team win the Rugby World Cup.
- An RFU survey last year found female players face negative perceptions, unequal opportunities, inappropriate kit and menstrual-cycle issues, underpinning calls for wider access in schools.
- Helping to break down perceptions, Kildunne is one of four international players being made into a Barbie doll, and she said: `I just want young girls to know that it's nothing out of the normal to be a rugby player, that there's role models, that you can do whatever you want to do in life` .
- Kildunne called for more investment into Premiership Women's Rugby and grassroots level, urging professionalisation so players can focus on rugby instead of juggling two jobs.
- Kildunne said the World Cup win showed that rugby values promote teamwork, and she plans a holiday before returning to Harlequins rugby union team.
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