{"id":40987,"date":"2025-09-27T05:33:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kildunne-brilliant-mitchell-lauds-english-star-after-world-cup-semi-final-victory\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T05:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:33:27","slug":"kildunne-brilliant-mitchell-lauds-english-star-after-world-cup-semi-final-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/kildunne-brilliant-mitchell-lauds-english-star-after-world-cup-semi-final-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Kildunne Brilliant: Mitchell Lauds English Star After World Cup Semi-Final Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>John Mitchell Praises Ellie Kildunne After Semi-Final Victory<\/h2>\n\nEngland coach John Mitchell has lauded outstanding fullback Ellie Kildunne following her impressive performance that earned her the Player of the Match title in the semi-final against France.\n\nEngland faced a fierce French team, but managed to prevail with a score of 35-17 in Bristol, securing their place in the World Cup final.\n\nKildunne was fundamental to the team&#8217;s success, scoring two spectacular tries that broke the French defense and demonstrating why she is the current World Player of the Year.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cShe is special,\u201d Mitchell commented in the post-game press conference.<\/p><cite>John Mitchell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMitchell highlighted Kildunne&#8217;s youth and her deserved recognition as the best player in the world last year.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0920%2Fr1548476_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Ellie Kildunne fue nombrada Jugadora del Partido cuando Inglaterra venci\u00f3 a Francia para asegurar su lugar en la final de la Copa Mundial de Rugby Femenino.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nThe image shows Ellie Kildunne, who was named Player of the Match after England&#8217;s victory over France, securing their place in the Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup final.\n\nMitchell also highlighted Kildunne&#8217;s humility, despite being an admired figure. He mentioned his creative side and his ability to face life in an exemplary manner, despite the pressure of being on a pedestal.\n\nKildunne left the field early in Bristol. Although Mitchell was unaware of the severity of the injury, he received no information that it was serious or that it would keep her out of next week&#8217;s final.\n\nAlthough satisfied with the performance, Mitchell emphasized that the work is not yet finished, as England seeks its third World Cup title.\n\nThe coach highlighted the importance of staying focused on the process, as a short week is coming up for recovery and preparation for the final. In addition, he expressed his enthusiasm for the match between the two best teams in the world.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mitchell Praises Ellie Kildunne After Semi-Final Victory England coach John Mitchell has lauded outstanding fullback Ellie Kildunne following her impressive performance that earned her the Player of the Match title in the semi-final against France. England faced a fierce French team, but managed to prevail with a score of 35-17 in Bristol, securing their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[7246,509,203,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-40987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-ellie-kildunne","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}