A look at the current status of gender, ethnicity and sexual equality within women's rugby union. | dG1fSnozQUNZSFVJUGc
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00:00It's not just about rugby, this is not just about the sport, it's about women and it's
00:07about women's sport and it's about putting us on a platform and knowing that we can do it.
00:11I challenge anyone to say that women's rugby is not good enough and women are not good enough
00:18because we are. It's tough for female athletes, they just want to play a sport they love,
00:26you tend to find that they'll face a lot of abuse for it.
00:30There's not that many opportunities for the type of female that excels in rugby to excel
00:36elsewhere in the same way. We need the sport just as much as the sport needs us.
00:46So this is the best thing about anyone coming to the suit, you walk through the gate and
00:53you see my face.
00:57It was there in black and white in the rugby world that I could wear a headscarf and play
01:02rugby and that for me was like, see you belong in rugby, this is rugby telling you you're welcome.
01:09Rugby is the fastest growing sport in the world but women's rugby is growing much faster than
01:13men's rugby. More and more sponsors are now seeing there's huge commercial value investing
01:18in women's sport. There are a lot of women and girls that could use role models that don't
01:24all look the same.
01:30I do feel very privileged to be playing at a time that I get to have like a front row seat
01:35to this moment in history.
01:37How can I help and how can other male allies really help support the women's game?
01:42If you put your money where your mouth is, us as women will show you we are worthy as we
01:48always do.
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