March 13th, 2008

The England Women’s rugby team will be doing their bit for charity this weekend when they run the Sport Relief Mile.

The reigning champions, who hope to secure an unprecedented third consecutive RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam on Saturday when they play Ireland at London Irish ARFC, Sunbury, kick-off 445pm, will have little time-off after the match before running the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday at London’s Victoria Embankment.

After a long, hard and physical five weeks of Six Nations action, which has seen the girls so far see off challenges from Wales, Italy, France and Scotland, the girls will have to pick themselves up for one final hurdle.

England Women’s captain and Worcester No. 8 Catherine Spencer said: “I think that the Sport Relief charity is fantastic as it reaches out and helps so many groups and individuals. The Mile also means that many people can contribute to the charity. It will be a great day when people from many different backgrounds, sporting and non-sporting, can come together for one cause.
 
"I know that the England team are really looking forward to joining in with the Sport Relief Mile; as sportswomen it is a charity that we fully support. We’ll have played a full international match on Saturday so it will be tough to drag our bodies round the course on Sunday but I am sure that the atmosphere on the day will spur us on.”

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