The Princess of Wales Celebrates with the “Red Roses” After Victory at the Women’s Rugby World Cup
The Princess of Wales joined the celebrations in the England dressing room after their resounding 47-7 victory over Australia in the Women’s Rugby World Cup last Saturday.
Kate, who is the patron of the Rugby Football Union, was a prominent spectator at the Amex Stadium in Brighton, witnessing how the “Red Roses” prepared for a quarter-final clash against Scotland and equaled their own world record of 30 consecutive test match wins.
Lark Atkin-Davies, a Bristol player who came off the bench in the second half, revealed in her weekly column on EnglandRugby.com that the princess was not only present as a spectator.
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“Last week we had football royalty visit when England football star Chloe Kelly watched the match against Samoa, but this week we had actual royalty coming to see us,” revealed Atkin-Davies.
“The Princess of Wales, who is also the patron of the Rugby Football Union, met with the players who were not playing at halftime, then watched the second half with Zoe Aldcroft and Marlie Packer, and visited the locker room afterwards.”Catherine, Princess of Wales, joined the England players to celebrate their victory over Australia in the Women’s Rugby World Cup.
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“I’m not sure what they talked about, but I’d love to know! I wonder if they were telling each other all the camp gossip.”
I had the opportunity to chat with her and we talked a bit about the game itself, but she also mentioned that she would love to bring her children to see a match, which would be great.
As a team, we have a song that we sing after a game and she asked us to sing it to her. She was in the middle of all of us while we sang.
The dressing room was very lively because we wanted to bring a lot of energy and make sure to show the Princess of Wales what the Red Roses are all about.”
England is preparing for Sunday’s quarter-final match against rivals Scotland in Bristol, where John Mitchell’s team will seek to stay on track to secure glory at the home World Cup.
