On this first episode of Beyond the Balls, Ella Smith and Georgina Mallen chat with Emily Chancellor, 28, rugby player in the national Wallaroos team and NSW Waratahs, which dominated the Super W competition before being cut short by Covid-19. Despite only having started rugby when she was 21, Emily's skills have been recognized in her 2018 Wallaroos Player of the Year award and 2019 NSW Best Forward. In this episode, we hear how her desire to be her best has paid off, the challenges of acting professionally in the unpaid Super W league, and the importance of visibility of women’s rugby for the next generation. We also learn about her spokesperson role, from speaking at the recent Player Care Conference on equality in rugby, to her participating in the two-day female commentating workshop with Sport Australia.
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