Ellie Kildunne: Red Roses have the opportunity to write a fairy tale of the World Cup in England at the Golden Age for Women’s Sport | News of rugby

England full and world player of the year Ellie Kildunne says Sky Sports Red roses have the opportunity to “re -write their story about the World Cup in Rugbi in a fairy tale” on home soil at the “Golden Age for Women’s Sport”.

The last two finals of the Women’s Rugby World Cup have seen that red roses are going through the branding test in sports, just to lose in New Zealand on both occasions.

In 2017, black pate crucified to a 41-32 victory over England in Ravenhill in Belfast, but the finals 2021 – which happened in 2022 due to Coida – Red Roses considered favorites, only to fall for shock 34-31 loss in Eden Park.

Now – between August 27 and September 27 this year – England will host the Women’s Rugby World Cup for the first time since 2010, and Kildunne is fixed to heart convert to glory.

“It [World Cup final in 2022] Was the heart, but we gave everything we could do. No player left anything in that field, “Kildunne said.

“It doesn’t really persecute me, if I’m honest. It’s a rugby, at the end of the day or win or lose.

“We have new coaches, new players. The New Zealand team is a different squad and we have won many times.

“It’s never been revenge and there will be no revenge. We just transcribed the story and we have this fairy tale we can write. It will be much better to celebrate with thousands of English fans than it would.

“I like to set a goal that I hope this World Cup takes me out of my imagination. I don’t know what to do it, do we win, do we lose. I don’t know what happens, I hope just goes over my imagination.”

The effects of the winning home World Cup for women’s rugby and women’s sports in the UK can be huge.

The present is a special time in women’s sports, according to Kildunne.

“I firmly believe that we are in the golden age of the female sport,” she added. “Take the Liques about the lions and what happened after the euro and their success and what brought them, but also a wider community in women’s sports.

“I was a true believer that that moment would happen [for us] After the last World Cup. I just remember that I thought I would betray people in England because I wanted it to grow it for everyone. But I made a very quickly wrong in my thinking.

“One of my favorite moments was when we played France in Twickenham in 2023.

“I remember putting my hand on the glass on the bus on the way to the stadium and saw a sea of ​​fans who traveled to come to watch. We sold over 50,000 tickets, which was not done yet.

“Win or lose, we will make a difference and we will have the opportunity to inspire more people than we will ever be able to imagine.”

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Back in December, Kildunne was named a world player of the year after a series of sensational representation for England.

Red roses beat six more GRAN SLAM nations, and Kildunne ended up as the best Tryscorer tournament at nine, and the 25-year-old then played at the Paris Olympics for the UK SEVNES.

“She was full of prominent all year,” she said. “It felt like there was a top -notch reel all year. Of the successful six nations, the feeling in the group brought us to a place where we can express ourselves on and off the field.

“The love of not only the game or our style of the game, but love in the group was something that meant a lot to me, and that was definitely a highlight.

“Going to the Olympics and having the opportunity was obviously a highlight and it was amazing to do it.

“For the upcoming World Cup, we know that the teams appear in big tournaments and we definitely know that it will be a quarrel and that it will take a lot of effort and hard training to get us into the position in which we will be in that finals.

“I have no doubt that we have the opportunity to do this, but it does not become easy. Women’s sports and rugby for women grow so fast that you never know what comes around the corner.

“It is important that we focus on ourselves and the games we are ahead. Now everything is in connection with one percent and what we can individually do to place ourselves in the best place for that finale.”