Angelika Albaladejo joined Denver7 in January 2023 as part of the Scripps News Journalism Journey Initiative aimed at bringing print journalists into the world of TV news.
When it comes to running across a pitch to score tries, lots of Coloradans may not know what that means, let alone how to do it. But following the excitement of Team USA’s women’s rugby players winning their first Olympic bronze medal earlier this month, girls across the Front Range are more eager than ever to learn the skills of the sport.
“It was such an inspiration to our members and our girls,” said Erin Kennedy, who helped create the Girls Rugby league in Denver six years ago.Team USA’s historic bronze medal win “really put rugby on the map, and we're getting a very big influx of parents who are interested in putting their daughters into it,” Kennedy said.In the past, there have been significantly fewer opportunities for girls to participate nationally and globally in rugby than there were for boys, Kennedy said.
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