Captain Jodie Cunningham says that women’s rugby league is in the best shape it has ever been 'by a million miles' as England prepare to take on Wales at Headingley on Saturday.
Live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, text commentary on BBC Sport website and appJodie Cunningham says that women's rugby league is in the best shape it has ever been "by a million miles" as England prepare to take on Wales at Headingley on Saturday.
"If you compare what we get now, what it looks like, the product on the field from any of the time I've been in the squad, the progress is just phenomenal," she told BBC Sport."People say: 'You are a generation too early and think of what you are going to miss out on.
"This is the last chance you're going to get to prove you should be on the plane and the competition for places now is so much higher than it's ever been. Newcastle Knights stand-off Roche is unavailable because of her commitments in Australia, while full-back Goldthorp, another to have played in the NRLW, has switched codes to rejoin Premiership Women's"Stuart Barrow wanted to look at the young girls because it's not just about playing a one-off test - we are trying to win a World Cup and see what we need," Cunningham added.
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