{"id":418840,"date":"2026-01-17T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418840\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:59:09","slug":"the-princess-of-wales-reveals-playful-rugby-tip-dont-get-tackled-by-prince-george-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418840\/","title":{"rendered":"The Princess of Wales reveals playful rugby tip: don&#8217;t get tackled by Prince George!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Princess of Wales praised the Red Roses rugby team for<br \/>\nushering in a new generation of girls to the sport at a Windsor<br \/>\nCastle reception, and revealed her own rugby tip: don\u2019t get tackled<br \/>\nby Prince George!<\/p>\n<p>Catherine, who serves as patron of the Rugby Football Union and<br \/>\nthe Rugby Football League, hosted a reception for the newly-minted<br \/>\nWomen\u2019s Rugby World Cup champions, praised the Red Roses for<br \/>\nhelping to usher in a new generation of girls in the sport who<br \/>\n\u201cperhaps might not even have thought rugby was for<br \/>\nthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI think it really showed how accessible rugby is<br \/>\nto so many types of girls in different parts of the<br \/>\ncountry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mother of three also spoke of how the Wales family enjoys<br \/>\nplaying rugby at school and at home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Princess-of-Wales-at-the-Red-Roses-reception-at-Windsor-Castle-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Princess of Wales at the Red Roses reception at Windsor Castle\" class=\"wp-image-216421\"  data-\/>The Princess of Wales at the<br \/>\nRed Roses reception at Windsor Castle Prince and Princess of Wales<br \/>\n\/ Instagram \/ Fair Use<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRugby is so accessible,\u201d she said. \u201c[Prince] Louis<br \/>\nis playing touch rugby, and it\u2019s such a great game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Catherine said that her sons, Prince George and Prince Louis,<br \/>\nare both playing at school while Princess Charlotte is only playing<br \/>\nat home right now because there\u2019s no girls league through<br \/>\nschool.<\/p>\n<p>Catherine said that separate teams for boys and girls shouldn\u2019t<br \/>\nnecessarily matter for younger children, but when they age and get<br \/>\nphysically stronger, it should matter more. \u201cGeorge now, if we<br \/>\nplay at home, I do not want to get tackled by George! But, up to a<br \/>\ncertain age I think it\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The members of<br \/>\nthe Red Roses showed the Princess of Wales a scrapbook of memories<br \/>\nof the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup and brought her a signed jersey and<br \/>\na medal as a gift. Before departing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTiftDjiH2J\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">they all posed for a team photo<\/a>, with Catherine, in<br \/>\na scarlet pant suit, sitting front and centre next to the<br \/>\ntrophy.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, Kensington Palace shared the team photo with<br \/>\nCatherine on social media, writing: \u201cA great day hosting<br \/>\nWomen\u2019s Rugby World Cup winners the Red Roses today at Windsor!<br \/>\nCongratulations to you all \u2013 what an achievement!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Roses won the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup against Canada in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/royal-news\/the-princess-of-wales-cowboy-hat-214304\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nSeptember 2025<\/a>, their third win after championships in 1994 and<br \/>\n2014.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Princess of Wales praised the Red Roses rugby team for ushering in a new generation of girls&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-418840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418840","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=418840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}