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From pioneers to world beaters, the women who have ruled rugby

by
The Rugby Paper Team
26 July 2020

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the most important rugby women

TOP 20 …RUGBY WOMEN NEXT WEEK Rugby’s best ever moments
1. Emily Valentine (Ireland)

High-flying Kiwis: Anna Richards and Farah Palmer

Inset: Emily Valentine

Legend: Liza Burgess

The exact identity of the first woman to play rugby remains something of a mystery - there are reports that the England and Scotland Women’s football teams played a game involving touchdowns and dropped goals during their famous series of football matches in 1881 - but Ulster schoolgirl Emily ...

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