Slightly gob-smacking news today that BBC Northern Ireland plan to not only carry a report on the story I dug up recently about the "first girl to play rugby" (Emily Valentine, pictured on the right - amazingly her family have even uncovered a picture of her!), but they are even planning a dramatic reconstruction!
I gather that not only did they like the story (as did The Times, the RFU Museum, and the Irish RFU), but they are planning to interview her surviving grand-daughters (even though they do not live in Ireland anymore), as well as visiting the school, and have even put together some detailed plans to "reconstruct" her try-scoring school debut (in appropriate sepia tones), as featured in her memoires.
No idea when this will be broadcast, or if it will be shown outside Northern Ireland (but the way things are going I would not be remotely surprised), but its all a bit astonishing - as well as being potentially a great bit of publicity for girls rugby generally!
Great research can't imagine how you found it all out! Do you know where the family went in India? We now have a women's competition in India and it needs a good name!!
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