{"id":41151,"date":"2025-09-27T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kildunne-brilliant-mitchell-lauds-english-star-after-victory-vs-france\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T13:50:08","slug":"kildunne-brilliant-mitchell-lauds-english-star-after-victory-vs-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/kildunne-brilliant-mitchell-lauds-english-star-after-victory-vs-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Kildunne Brilliant: Mitchell Lauds English Star After Victory vs. France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Mitchell Praises Ellie Kildunne After Semi-Final Victory<\/h2>\n\n\nEngland coach John Mitchell did not hold back in his praise for fullback Ellie Kildunne, following her outstanding performance that led to her being named Player of the Match in the semi-final against France.\n\nEngland faced a tough challenge against a very physical 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 key to the victory, scoring two spectacular tries that broke the French defense. Her performance demonstrated why she was recognized as the World Rugby Player of the Year last year.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;She is special,&#8221; Mitchell commented in the post-match 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. She also emphasized her humility and her love for creativity.\n\nThe coach emphasized the importance of supporting Kildunne at this time and allowing him to pursue his goals.\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\nKildunne left the field early in Bristol, and although Mitchell didn&#8217;t know the details of the injury, he hadn&#8217;t been informed that it was serious or that it would keep her out of next week&#8217;s final.\n\nDespite being satisfied with the performance, Mitchell pointed out that the work is not yet finished, as England seeks to win their third World Cup title.\n\nMitchell stated that the team has earned the right to compete in the final, and that they will now focus on the process, recovery, and enjoying the week in their country.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The two best teams in the world, how good is that?&#8221;,<\/p><cite>John Mitchell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mitchell Praises Ellie Kildunne After Semi-Final Victory England coach John Mitchell did not hold back in his praise for fullback Ellie Kildunne, following her outstanding performance that led to her being named Player of the Match in the semi-final against France. England faced a tough challenge against a very physical French team, but managed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[7246,509,203,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-41151","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\/41151","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=41151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}