A Wisconsin alum player and globally-noted rugby player, USA Eagle flanker Phaidra Knight recently answered questions from fans on the Women’s Rugby World Cup website. Read Phaidra’s answers here, including mention of how she got started playing for Wisconsin.
Phaidra Knight Answers Your Questions
(IRB.COM) Friday 10 September 2010
Following Australia lock Chris Ross answering the questions you posed on the official Women’s Rugby World Cup Facebook page, here are the answers from USA flanker Phaidra Knight who helped her side beat rivals Canada 23-20 in the fifth place play-off at WRWC 2010.
Julainne Cochrane: How did you get into rugby and what made you stick at it?
Phaidra Knight: I initially got started with rugby at law school, first year of law school. I missed team sports because I played team sports in high school and college and wanted to get reacquainted with it, so I went out to a rugby trial and fell in love with it. I started playing in Wisconsin, so yes it was very cold at times and wet and snowy, but it was having good people around me that kept me doing it. But once I had a taste of it, I was hooked. Read more …