England star joins local girls for training session
Two weeks ago in Horsham, at Rachael Burford’s Girls Rugby Club, international player Shaunagh Brown joined Marlie Packer and over 22 local girls of different ages in a training session.
Brown is an ambassador for The Royal London sponsored Lions feasibility report to ascertain if a female Lions team can be formed. Details of the steering group and the initial report findings are expected this month.
Girls Rugby Club provides a platform for girls who love rugby to connect via an online interactive coaching platform, engaging social channels and face to face workshops.
Brown started playing rugby when she was 25 and made her international debut two years later in November 2017 when England played Canada
In 2019, she received a full time contract from the RFU and played in every game of the 2019 Women’s Six Nations which England won with a Grand Slam. She was part of England’s 2020 Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam winning team.
One of her dreams is to see The Lions have a female team and for some of these girls that she shared the day with perhaps to become Lions.
Shaunagh also took part in a Q&A session with the day’s participants.
Issy Horsfall, 12-year-old attendee at the Girls Rugby Club, said: “If there was a women’s Lions tour it would mean quite a lot being able to have the chance to play in the future.
“I think it would show a lot more equality and have more girls want to join in because they can have the chance to play against many other countries.”