{"id":25255,"date":"2025-08-15T05:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ellie-kildunne-looks-to-emulate-chloe-kelly-at-the-womens-rugby-world-cup-3\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T05:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:36:51","slug":"ellie-kildunne-looks-to-emulate-chloe-kelly-at-the-womens-rugby-world-cup-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/ellie-kildunne-looks-to-emulate-chloe-kelly-at-the-womens-rugby-world-cup-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Kildunne looks to emulate Chloe Kelly at the Women’s Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ellie Kildunne aims to emulate the “Lionesses” at the Women’s Rugby World Cup<\/h2>\n\n\nThe outstanding rugby player, Ellie Kildunne, named World Player of the Year, has expressed her desire to follow in the footsteps of “Lionesses” star Chloe Kelly. Kildunne seeks to have her name recognized and appear on fans’ jerseys during the Women’s Rugby World Cup.\n\nThe Harlequins player feels full of confidence heading into the tournament and is inspired by the success of the English footballers, who recently won the European Championship.\n\nArsenal forward Chloe Kelly played a pivotal role in England’s triumph at the 2025 European Championship in Switzerland, solidifying her position by scoring the winning goal in the 2022 European Championship final at Wembley.\n\nKildunne is key to the “Red Roses'” aspirations of lifting the trophy at Twickenham next month and hopes the team can follow in the footsteps of the “Lionesses”, becoming household names and raising the profile of women’s sport.\n\n\n
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\u201cOutside this pub, Chloe Kelly shirts are being sold on the street. That’s what the Euros have done for the Lionesses and the opportunity we have with this World Cup is to have Kildunne shirts being sold on the street; for girls and boys to have posters of Emily Scarratt and Meg Jones on their walls and not just Jonny Wilkinson. I am inspired by the Lionesses and what they have done for women’s football and I hope for nothing less [for women’s rugby] than what they have achieved so far\u201d.<\/p>\n\nEllie Kildunne<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nEngland will begin their participation in the World Cup on August 22 against the United States in Sunderland, and will also face Samoa and Australia in Group A.\n\nThe hosts arrive at the tournament as the world’s top-ranked team, favorites and with seven consecutive Six Nations titles.\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nThe Red Roses have won the last seven Six Nations.<\/em>\n\nAfter watching Sarina Wiegman’s “Lionesses” come back in each of their qualifying matches this summer, Kildunne commented that John Mitchell’s team might need similar resilience.\n\n\n
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\u201cHer ability to keep fighting and not giving up is something that inspires many people. Like the Red Roses, it’s something we can draw inspiration from because it won’t be easy, we’ll have to work hard. I can’t go anywhere without someone talking about the Women’s World Cup or the Red Roses. We’ll have to get used to it because this isn’t going to diminish anytime soon\u201d.<\/p>\n\nEllie Kildunne<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nKildunne was established as the image of the tournament by being awarded as World Player of the Year after an outstanding 2024, in which she scored 14 tries in nine matches.\n\nThe 25-year-old player stated that she is not intimidated by the increased attention.\n\n\n

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\u201cAdding that target to my back; I see it as pressure, but I don’t think pressure is a bad thing. I see pressure as a privilege and I definitely think it’s a good thing. I use pressure to challenge myself to exceed people’s expectations and rewrite what people may think I can do and take it to the next level. I feel strong and confident, the most confident I’ve felt, so I’m ready and eager to start\u201d.<\/p>\n\nEllie Kildunne<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n