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The BIG Interview: Emily Rudge

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Hello and welcome to HeRLeague, your home for all the women's Rugby League action and reaction.  One of the regular features I want to feature on the site involves big interviews with some of the main people connected to women's RL. For our first interview, you can't get much bigger than a national team captain. With this in mind, please welcome to HeRLeague, Emily Rudge of St. Helens and England.  Hi Emily, thank you for joining me on HeRLeague. First of all, how did you get into playing Rugby League? At what age did you decide you wanted to play the game?  'I got into Rugby League at primary school when I was ten years old. A teacher asked me to go along to a mixed tag tournament because they needed a token girl to enter a team. I really enjoyed playing tag and won the girl of the tournament award so I thought I would carry on and played for my school team and then my dad took me to the local under-11's boys team and absolutely loved it!'  Who were
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HeRLeague News Round-Up

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Hello everyone and welcome to HeRLeague, a new page dedicated to all things regarding women's Rugby League in the UK and beyond. We'll be here every week rounding up all the action from the Betfred Women's Super League, Challenge Cup, WNRL and internationals as well as hopefully speaking to some of the stars of the women's game over the course of the season.  In the meantime, let's take a look at some of the biggest women's RL news stories from this week.  OPENING ROUND FIXTURES THROW UP TANTALISING CLASHES  The 2020 Betfred Women's Super League fixtures were announced this past Sunday (January 12th) and the first round fixtures have provided some eagerly awaited clashes. Defending champions Leeds Rhinos will play host to a Yorkshire derby clash as arch-rivals Bradford Bulls make the short trip on the opening day. Newly promoted Warrington Wolves will welcome 2018 Champions Wigan Warriors to the Asics Stadium for their maiden Super League outing
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