Quite enjoying unofficial role as Guardian Ilona Maher correspondent. Interview request has been made… US rugby star Ilona Maher lands TV role on Dancing With the Stars Dallen Stanford 🎙️ Rugby Wrap Up Stephen Lewis Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) @alexcorbs Will Hooley theguardian.com/sport/article/…

Just heard that a nephew, starting out in 15-a-side #rugby back in England, is heading for the second row despite harbouring unrealistic back-row ambitions. A Proper Pengelly in Every Respect, evidently. #TheRowKnows. Doesn't it, @ScrumPusher? #TheRowKnows.

Kid#1 wanted an inspirational poster for her 12th birthday. Which of the following pictures did I source and frame? Wrong answers only.

George W warming up to follow Liz Cheney into battle - exclusive picture.

“Illegal but gratifying”

I may have found my ultimate rugby team…

It’s been a little over one month post Olympics and here’s some random thoughts. - I have enjoyed seeing everything the girls have been involved in social media wise. It makes my heart warm to see everyone get the attention they deserve in that space. - Job searching has been

‘That crazy rugby spirit’: US pro league seeks to follow Ilona Maher in raising women’s game dlvr.it/TCv8TJ

‘That crazy rugby spirit’: US pro league seeks to follow Ilona Maher in raising women’s game theguardian.com/sport/article/…

‘That crazy rugby spirit’: US pro league seeks to follow Ilona Maher in raising women’s game theguardian.com/sport/article/…

Trump-backed Senate candidate’s Navy Seal stories not cleared by Pentagon theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

“The architect of Trump’s ratfucking operation, Chris LaCivita, was behind the Swift Boat lies about war hero John Kerry in 2004, funded by the far-right billionaire Harlan Crow, who happens to be the big-hearted benefactor of Clarence Thomas.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Trump-backed Senate candidate’s Navy Seal stories not cleared by Pentagon dlvr.it/TCvGz5

“We’re able to capitalize on the struggles women’s sport has gone through for decades. How are women seen? Are we OK to see women as aggressive? And now you have #rugby” – Kat Aversano/Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) Dallen Stanford 🎙️ Alex Corbisiero Abby Gustaitis Stephen Lewis theguardian.com/sport/article/…

Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Montana, a race that could decide control of the chamber, appears to have failed to follow Pentagon rules for clearing portions of his autobiography about his time as a US navy Seal, documents show. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

For the good of all, Tester must defeat him. More reporting like this, please: Trump-backed Senate candidate’s Navy Seal stories not cleared by Pentagon theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Always wanted to write about rugby and politics and the Guardian lets me. Lucky me. theguardian.com/us-news/articl… theguardian.com/sport/article/…

Read every word of this The Guardian column about how Harris disarms and exposes Trump. P.S., women: There are lessons here on the need for us to stand up to bullies and predators because it disarms and exposes them further: “I’m better-looking than she is.”

“Trump cries that he is the victim, as he is always the victim when he does not get his way. His irrepressible impulse is to trash the woman” - Sidney Blumenthal ⁦Guardian US⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“Aversano links @RugbyEvolved to the growth of the game over 50 years. She runs the US Women’s #Rugby History Museum, “which is all about collecting our history that’s in all these wonderful old girls’ attics.” uswrf.org/museum cc Scrumqueens - Women’s Rugby theguardian.com/sport/article/…