{"id":123488,"date":"2025-09-06T15:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/123488\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:59:11","slug":"fans-flock-to-brighton-for-womens-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/123488\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans flock to Brighton for Women’s Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacob PanonsBBC News, Brighton<\/p>\n

\"JacobJacob Panons\/BBC<\/p>\n

Nathan and Jasmin Elvery travelled down from Epsom in Surrey<\/p>\n

Fans have been flocking into Brighton for the “once-in-a-lifetime” chance to see England play Australia on home soil at the Women’s Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n

Nathan Elvery, who travelled down from Epsom in Surrey, said: “I have been counting down to this moment, thinking: ‘This is just going to be fantastic’. <\/p>\n

“You’re lucky enough to see a World Cup in your home country, and you’re lucky enough to see the Red Roses in your home country. What a fantastic occasion.”<\/p>\n

Shelagh Burnhams, from Newbury in Berkshire, said: “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We are so lucky to be here today.”<\/p>\n

\"JacobJacob Panons<\/p>\n

Tamsin Barber plays rugby in Australia for the Melbourne Rebels<\/p>\n

England are top of their group after emphatic wins against the United States in Sunderland and the Samoa in Northampton – while Australia sit second in the pool.<\/p>\n

Mr Elvery’s daughter, Jasmin, said: “It’s so exciting and especially it being women’s rugby, I feel like this year it has really, really taken off and it’s exciting that it’s England that is kind of pushing it that way.<\/p>\n

“I used to play rugby and it’s just so exciting to see how much everybody else loves it as well.”<\/p>\n

Tamsin Barber plays rugby in Australia for the Melbourne Rebels, and although she is English, she is cheering on some of her friends who play for the Wallaroos.<\/p>\n

\"JacobJacob Panons<\/p>\n

Sarah Fowler travelled from the Isle of Wight<\/p>\n

She said: “I think England’s really brought it the world stage and I think its great to see the game elevating and continuing to grow.”<\/p>\n

Barber added: “Being English as well, it’s brilliant to see how much we can bring to the sport and how much we’ve grown it as well over here.”<\/p>\n

Fan Sarah Fowler travelled from the Isle of Wight for the match.<\/p>\n

“It’s difficult for me to get to Northampton and places like that, so to have one here was absolutely incredible. I couldn’t wait to be here,” she said.<\/p>\n

“To have such a big thing here in Brighton is just absolutely incredible. The atmosphere is great.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacob PanonsBBC News, Brighton Jacob Panons\/BBC Nathan and Jasmin Elvery travelled down from Epsom in Surrey Fans have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-123488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}