England fly-half Zoe Harrison can't quite believe how far the women's game has come ahead of a potential sell-out at Twickenham stadium in the 2023 Women's Six Nations. Harrison spent much of her youth career playing with boys and wearing kit far too big for her but is now part of the England side that has spearheaded the exponential growth of the sport in recent times. Ad Last year saw record attendances at the Women's Six Nations and Rugby World Cup matches, with England likely to break the world record against France in the final game of this year's Six Nations Championship on 29 April.
Six NationsMonye backs Borthwick to make England a threat for World CupA DAY AGO And Harrison is astounded at the forward steps that have been made that have led to England women playing their first-ever standalone match at the home of English rugby. «I never would have thought of it,» she said. «Girls weren't even contracted when I was growing up so think that it has gone from that to getting potentially 80,000 people at Twickenham is just unbelievable.
»I am so excited for them that we are able to come to Twickenham and sell that many tickets, hopefully we get to a point where the second tier is filled out. «In three years' time, there is a world cup final being held here and that will sell out the stadium. It's great to see how far we can get three years before that.
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