Katy Kicking Game On to New Heights ; a World Cup Triumph On Home Soil Might Have Been Overlooked a Decade Ago Where England's Women Are Concerned. Darlington Mowden Park's Katy Mclean Told Nick Purewal Times Are Changing, and Fast

The Journal › August 20, 2010

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PLAYMAKER Katy McLean will have no chance of sneaking unnoticed into Sunderland's Bexhill Primary School if England's Women's XV lift the World Cup on home turf.

The 24-year-old vice-captain leads her country's backline against Ireland in the Women's World Cup opener at Surrey Sports Park tonight (kick-off 6.30pm), as England bid for their first world title at the seventh opportunity.

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Katy Kicking Game On to New Heights ; a World Cup Triumph On Home Soil Might Have Been Overlooked a Decade Ago Where England's Women Are Concerned. Darlington Mowden Park's Katy Mclean Told Nick Purewal Times Are Changing, and Fast

Darlington Mowden Park Sharks outside-half McLean had not even won her first cap when England slipped up 25-17 to New Zealand in Canada in the 2006 final, but has risen steadily to prominence since.

Prominence, in a women's rugby sense.

All that t...

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