Land Rover - England Women’s Rugby Legend Champions Grassroots Rugby at Halifax RUFC

England Women's #rugby World Cup winner #maggiealphonsi takes part in grassroots coaching session at Halifax RUFC with the women's team

• England Women's #rugby World Cup winner #maggiealphonsi takes part in grassroots coaching session at Halifax RUFC with the women's team
• Halifax RUFC featured in Land Rover's #rugby World Cup 2015 advertising campaign
• Land Rover, a Worldwide Partner of #rugby World Cup 2015, is putting grassroots #rugby at the heart of its #wedealinreal campaign

Halifax RFC, Saturday 10th October: Former #england and Saracens Women's #rugby player #maggiealphonsi visited Halifax RUFC to meet the resident women's team and take them through a training session.

Former #england flanker, Alphonsi is one of the biggest names in English Women's #rugby. A pivotal member of the Women's #rugby World Cup 2014 winning #england side and earned 70 caps during her international career. Although, Alphonsi also understands the value of grassroots #rugby in nurturing the next generation of women's #rugby players, and visited Halifax RFC to pass on some of her experience and advice.

During her visit to Halifax RUFC, Alphonsi spoke about the current health of English #rugby, both at grassroots and elite level. Alphonsi also spoke about the positive impact Rio 2016 will have on #rugby, helping to continue the development of Women's #rugby.

Halifax RUFC shot to fame when they featured in Land Rover's #rugby World Cup 2015 campaign, 'We Deal In Real' which aims to focus on grassroots #rugby and champion the heart and soul of the game. Halifax RUFC were recognised as a perfect example of this in the UK.

After taking the Halifax RUFC Women's team through a gruelling training session, Alphonsi commented: "Grassroots #rugby is where it all starts for every #rugby player, and being able to come and join in a training session with the Halifax team and hopefully pass on some of my experience has been a pleasure.

I have been fortunate enough to enjoy success with the #england Women's team but that would have been impossible without teams like Halifax growing the sport and specifically the Women's aspect of #rugby. It is great that Land Rover is ensuring people pay attention to grassroots #rugby, not just the superstars of the sport during #rugby World Cup 2015."

Given its 20 year heritage in #rugby around the world from grassroots to elite, Land Rover is using its position as a proud Worldwide Partner of #rugby World Cup 2015 to shine a spotlight on grassroots #rugby. Land Rover's #wedealinreal campaign champions and celebrates the people that are the heart and soul of the game, by putting local clubs on the global stage. 

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