Ellie Kildunne is in an uncooperative mood. It is about an hour after England have booked their spot in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final and the tournament’s poster girl is fielding a question from a French journalist enquiring as to the secret to her attacking success.
The man from L’Equipe does not get the answer he desires. “I don’t want to give my secret away before a final because I don’t know who is reading this,” Kildunne laughs, before soon switching back into team-first mode. “But there is no secret. I’m part of a very, very good team and it’s people who put me in gaps. If the gap is not there, I’ll put someone else into it. There’s no secret in being in a good team.”
