As a schoolgirl Ellie Kildunne watched Jess Ennis perform in front of a huge crowd in a London stadium and dreamt of being like her.
She wrote a 6,000-word English assignment on the London 2012 Olympic champion in Year 8 and described her as a “massive inspiration”.
A decade later Kildunne is herself preparing to take centre stage before a bumper crowd in London. The Harlequins fullback will line up on Saturday for England against France at Twickenham - watched by 53,000 fans, a world record for a women’s rugby fixture.
