Athlete, businesswoman and entrepreneur. Canadian by birth, British by choice (dual nationality). This is how Stefania Evans, 28, athlete of the Worcester Warriors Women, characterizes herself on her social network LinkedIn. The professional rugby player made headlines after nearly losing her shorts during ‘A game with an opposing athlete during a match. Cheerful and active on social media, she even joked about the situation. returned to Tik Tok and published the situation, which was excluded for violation of certain rights advocated by the platform.

The athlete was exposed to the sport in high school in Canada, but is also CEO and founder of Ruggette RFC, a company that manufactures sportswear for women and recently won Girls Rugby Club’s ‘Women’s Rugby Brand of the Year’ award.

Having spent time with the Bristol Bears and Richmond Rugby teams, she states on her LinkedIn that she plays in the “most competitive women’s rugby league in the world”, Allianz Premier 15’s, currently roster Worcester Warriors. A lawyer, spokesperson and commentator, she says she is “passionate about using my platform to raise awareness and respect for women’s rugby and women in sport”.

Creator of the #Icarus campaign in 2021, an online campaign promoting women’s sport, she has garnered global support from rugby fans, players, writers and unions and has since been shared thousands of times. “It was in response to online bullying and trolling for the Women’s Six Nations tournament, garnering global support and engagement on social media and coverage in World Rugby, The Telegraph, The Rugby World Cup, RugbyPass, PACE Magazine, BBC Sport, Talking Rugby Union, The Gainline Podcast, Saracens Sport Foundation, Coach Pratts Podcast and more.”

She told World Rugby that some campaign comments saying ‘no one cares’ about the sport were simply ‘factually incorrect’. “I started thinking, ‘Why do they think that?’ Maybe it’s because of the way social media works, do they exist in a bubble of other like-minded people who have no idea women’s rugby exists? should, because otherwise they wouldn’t have the confidence to go to a public forum and post it,” he said.

Evans also spoke to the portal about her clothing brand. After being absent from the field for a while, she returns in 2018 and realizes that many of the shorts worn by girls were not suitable for women’s bodies, including for her, who have different sizes and shapes. , it was then that his own brand was born. “Actually, I think launching the Ruggette RFC as a company was probably the main reason why a lot of these concepts don’t feel new to me, because I thought about them a lot,” he told World Rugby.