Amira Harb, a rookie linebacker with the Calgary Rage, says she was drawn to play football because of the game's in-your-face physicality. "I love tackling," the 16-year-old said during a recent team practice.  Harb also plays football for Chestermere High School, but she says there's something more intense about playing with the Rage in the Western Women's Canadian Football League. "High school, it's slower," she said. "It's still fast-paced, but it's not as rough as this." Harb finds the intensity of playing with the WWCFL empowering. "It makes me feel like I'm a better football player, because I'm surrounded by women," she said. "I feel like they understand me more as a player."