‘It’s just USA, blah, blah, blah’: Rising rugby star Bella Vogel out to catch wounded England napping

The Pennsylvania center found rugby early and is nominated for World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year. In New Jersey, the Red Roses will present her stiffest Test yet Going into their WXV Global Series game against England’s world champion Red Roses in Harrison, New Jersey, on Friday, the US Eagles women have five successive wins and a squad mixing great experience with great youth. Among potentially great younger players is the first American ever nominated for a major World Rugby award. “I keep getting told like, ‘Oh, don’t let your head get too big,’” laughed Bella Vogel, the…

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