I don’t play for your approval, I play for me and I play to inspire the young girls who have a dream like I do.
#iCare
and so do the 2.7 million female rugby players across the globe.
I remember the day I rocked up to my first rugby session 4 years ago in Loughborough. Fast forward to today, being selected to compete for
@teamgb
at the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
An absolute dream come true. 🇬🇧
QUALIFIED 🙌
England Women have won their Olympic Qualifying event in Kazan, defeating Russia 19-0 in the final, to secure GB Sevens' place at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
#Olympics
Report to follow...
All smiles yesterday doing something I love. It makes me so happy seeing so many young girls engaged in sport.
@waspswomen
put on a great show 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
It may have taken 6 years for me to make the leap, but this school definitely ignited the spark. Grateful for the opportunity to play contact rugby here! 💫
England Sevens stars Meg Jones and Celia Quansah - team-mates in a same-sex relationship - open up about challenges of being gay and playing sport
Interview with
@KateLouiseRowan
The girls 😍
Exciting times with this being the first tournament back as England. A lot of fresh faces with a lottttt of talent..cannot wait to see what this team can do this year ✨
The coach who took me from heptathlete to international rugby player in one year. The person who believed in me from day one. Thank you for everything
@James14Bailey
you will be missed ✨
"Playing sevens is the hardest thing I have ever done, but I love it. It's amazing"
We caught up with
@englandrugby
's Celia Quansah and Deborah Fleming, both converts from athletics, to chat all things sevens and what the sport means to them.
@HSBC_Sport
#HSBC7s
#CapeTown7s
GB Sevens training squads confirmed 🙌
The men's and women's initial squads have been selected and the players will begin their first training camps in March.
Find out more on our website ⤵️
Megan Jones and Celia Quansah were left jobless when the RFU cut funding in July 2020.
Now they've booked their tickets to Tokyo we joined them to talk rugby, their relationship and that a Games that will feel "very special".
In full 👇 |
#bbcrugby
Amazing evening playing at the O2 in front of a home crowd. The buzz was unreal! Thank you to everyone who came and supported us, we need more opportunities like this 🙏🏽
🌹 SEVENS | Your England women's squad for for the
@rugby_europe
Olympic qualifier tournament this weekend.
📝 Preview:
🖥 Live on Rugby Europe website from 10:28 BST:
Fancy your chances at becoming an England 7s player? 🏴
A great opportunity to become a talent transfer athlete. I did it and so can you!
Check the link below 👇🏽
@EnglandRugby
@RedBullUK
🚨 YOU COULD PLAY FOR ENGLAND🚨
yes, you read that right… Take on the Red Bull Rugby Combine and you could find yourself playing alongside the elites for
@EnglandRugby
🏉
sign up is live below > hit the link to see the locations 👇
Ambassador alert! 🚨
SportInspired are delighted to announce that women’s rugby stars Celia Quansah and Megan Jones – teammates at England sevens, Team GB sevens and Wasps – have joined the team as charity ambassadors.
More:
I’ve truly seen the power of the internet and social media over the last few days. The majority of the time we don’t even realise the huge impact small comments and reposts have on people’s lives. I’m guilty too, but we need to open our eyes to it. Just think first.
Thank you
@CeliaAmy
for the zoom session this morning! These two loved it (I’ll confess to looking very much like the 🐶 does here, afterwards 😓)
@Girls_RugbyClub
A fantastic session in our series of inspirational talks for our high performance athletes run by
@James14Bailey
. Tonight he was joined by Celia Quansah
@CeliaAmy
sharing her journey-most notably her transfer from high level gym to athletics to England Rugby 7’s.
#TeamOHS
💙💛
Get ready for the second week of Lockdown Squad! This week’s workout is with 7s star
@CeliaAmy
and will be focused on speed 🌟
All you will need is 3 different balls or 3 rolled up pairs of socks 🏈
To sign up go to
M’ani agye paa! 🇬🇭
We Team Ghana has Qualified for Final of the 4x100m Relay! This hasn’t been done since 1996! Let that sink in! We also ran a Ghana National Record, Today History was made!
We go again tomorrow at:
🇬🇭 1:50pm 🇬🇧 1:50pm 🇯🇵 22:50pm
Massive congratulations to
@BreenOlivia
! Gold in the women’s T38 Long Jump
🥇 World champion 2017
🥇 Commonwealth champion 2018
🏴 first athletics gold medal of
#GC2018
Finishing with a NEW Personal Best and Games record of 4.86m