the past editions. certainly high hopes going into the opening match today against brazil. it is that bad international match, so not the most experience. it is the third international match. we are going to beat brazil! no pressure. morning. it all gets under way this afternoon at headingley, when hosts england open their account, the only home nation competing. as women s rugby league looks to capitalise on what has been a great year for women s sport. sarah mulkerrins reports. we saw what the euros did for women s football in the summer, and now rugby league is hoping for similar as the women s world cup gets under way. teacher emily rudge will lead england out in their opener against brazil at headingley, in front of what organisers hope will be a record attendance for a women s game in the northern hemisphere. inspirational for us as players. and i think that hopefully if we can replicate that, what incredible. how incredible that
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england and afghanistan beat australia. the women s rugby league world cup gets underway this afternoon, as the hosts england look to stop the dominace of australia and new zealand who ve won every world cup so far. england captain emily rudge will lead the side out at headingley later in the fourth world cup of her career. despite not being a professional side, there is the belief they can win it. huge opportunity awaits as women s rugby league looks to capitalise of what has been a great year so far for women s sport. just incredible. i mean, how exciting is it that it will be so well attended, it is on home soil, it s going to be incredibly exciting for the players and for myself, what an honour to lead out the team in that circumstance. i hope that we can put on such a great performance while the people who have bought tickets and want to come and see us,
in an hour, the women s rugby league cup gets under way in leeds. hosts england to begin their campaign against brazil at headingley will be working to stop the dominance of australia and new zealand, who have won every edition of the competition so far. england captain emily rudge will lead the side out at headingley in front of an expected crowd of is thousand in the fourth world cup of her career. despite not being a professional side, they ll look to capitalise on what has been a great year so far for women s sport. seeing the lioness is and what they achieved was massively inspirational for us. hopefully if we can replicate that, how incredible that would be for the sport and for the women s game. hopefully we can inspire young girls to be women s game. hopefully we can inspire young girls to he want to be part of rugby league and to want to play the sport, so that is definitely something in the back of our minds that we are also trying to achieve. so yes, it s really exciting