I’m not sure if you’ve noticed or not, but we may or may not be obsessed with a certain rugby player around these parts.
I follow Ilona Maher very closely. In fact, I am like 4 million Instagram followers who think Ilona is our bestie.
Anyway, Ilona posted a few very intriguing things this past weekend. First, after taking second in Dancing with the Stars, she wrote: “Is it about time I get back to the pitch?” And then on her stories she showed herself getting on a plane for England.
When I saw that story, I thought: “Why is she going to England? What is she doing there?” It just seemed like a weird time to go there. So, I googled it.
And a couple British based news outlets had articles about Ilona maybe coming to play professional women’s rugby in order to prep for The World Cup which takes place in England this year. The articles also mentioned two possible teams, The Bristol Bears or Gloucester. Both teams are a good art of Premiership Womens’ Rugby(PWR).
I don’t know all of what it means to have to play in certain leagues to be able to play in The World Cup, but playing in England is the key.
Ilona signed with the Bristol Bears on Monday. She will begin play in January. Die hard fans will download The Rugby Network to watch live there is a subscription required for live games but you can get a week free when you sign up. I’m sure replays can be caught later on the web. That first game on January 5th is at 8am MST.
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