WITH PARTICIPATION levels at an all-time high, women’s rugby is one of the fastest growing...
Shaunagh Brown and Sadia Kabeya share their experiences and how they are breaking down barriers in a sport which has traditionally been dominated by white middle-class malesWITH PARTICIPATION levels at an all-time high, women’s rugby is one of the fastest growing sports in the United Kingdom. Shaunagh Brown and Sadia Kabeya are just two of four players of colour in the England set up.
Bringing the different careers together, it just made me realise there’s no substitute for hard work. Muhammad Ali said it best, the fight is won before you’ve gotten on the pitch and it’s the same for any job or sport, you don’t just turn up on the day and hope you winSK: I think being one of the youngest players, you do have fewer expectations, you don’t have that weight on your shoulders of being a senior player.
I’ve done this, because of me and my mindset and that’s something money can’t buy which is lucky because, growing up, we didn’t have any money and I am not from a rugby background at all. You’re doing a range of things off the field. How important do you think it is to use your position to be a role model and inspire others?
I have now realised that not everybody has that, so many people think you cannot play rugby as a woman. So, I’m at a stage where I want people to realise that they can achieve it if they put their all into it. I’m very much about celebrating difference, and not pretending people are the same and I’ll always encourage people to be themselves in an environment.
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