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- Sep 28, 2018
- 3 min
Life Lessons from World Cup Rugby Winner Maggie Alphonsi
Maggie Alphonsi is one of the most well-known names in women’s sports teams and has an astounding record to prove it. Before retiring in 2014, she’d represented England on The England women's national rugby union team 74 times, including a Rugby World Cup win. During her career on the team, Maggie scored 28 tries and helped England win a record-breaking 7 consecutive Six Nations crowns. With a background like that, it’s clear we have a lot to learn from Maggie. She came on th


- Aug 9, 2016
- 2 min
Margaret "Maggie" Alphonsi MBE, England Rugby World Cup Winner 2014!
Maggie was always in trouble before she found rugby at age 14. During this podcast we learn more about Maggie, her rugby career and how playing rugby gave her a new found confidence and changed the direction of her life. Maggie retired in 2014 after winning the Rugby World Cup, before that she’d represented her country an impressive 74 times! Scored 28 tries, and helped England win a record breaking 7 consecutive Six Nations crowns. Maggie is an ambassador for the “Spirit of

- Jan 8, 2016
- 35 min
Transcript of the Tough Girl Podcast with Catherine Spencer - Former England Women’s Rugby Union pla
Sarah: Hello and welcome to The Tough Girl Podcast. I'm your host Sarah Williams. The Tough Girl Podcast, as you know, is all about motivating and inspiring women. As you may have noticed, there's been a lot of information in the papers recently about the rugby world cup, which is being hosted by England. I wanted to take advantage of that, because rugby has been seen as this male dominated sport, but is it? I've got a very special guest with me today, Catherine Spencer, who

- Oct 6, 2015
- 2 min
Tough Girl - Catherine Spencer - Former England Women’s Rugby Union player & Captain
It’s October and the Rugby World Cup has kicked off in the UK and I thought this would be a fantastic opportunity to talk all about rugby, with a former England player and Captain. Catherine Spencer loves rugby, and always has, she was born into a rugby playing family and she started playing with her twin brother when she was just eight years old. She was one of the only girls playing on the team, but that did not stop her, she loved the game and she found out she was pretty