Georgia Page: The Australian “Rugby Goddess” Becomes an Inspiration
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Georgia Page, the Australian rugby player, has become an "inspiration" as she stayed on the pitch although she broke her nose during a tackle. She represents the Lindenwood University in Missouri. On Thursday during the match she fell and injured her face. Then she got up and kept on playing. She even made a furious tackle on an opponent from Notre Dame University before she was taken off the pitch for getting medical treatment. Her teammates convinced her for the treatment as she intended to keep on playing. Later, in the second half she rejoined the action and finished the game. About the accident, she said that she knew that she had broken it straight away. She also thought that it was on the other side of her face for a second. About getting back on the feet again she said, "I laid down for two seconds and thought ‘‘I’ve got to get up, got to get up.'' Then she said that she started to run back. She could only see through her left eye when she made her first tackle as the other eye was covered in blood. When she was asked about the pain, she replied that it was pretty intense at first and after that it was gone. This clarifies her passion towards the game and her team.
The internet storm started when United States sevens officials uploaded a video. But page knew nothing about it as she was on a 17-hour flight to get back home. She only knew that a video was uploaded, and she thought it would get a few hundred likes, and 1000 views may be. She acquired about 400 notifications in Facebook, and friend requests or so and the video had a million views. She described this as "So it’s pretty crazy” and “I really can’t believe it — it’s insane." She said she never had such publicity about her, and she is finding it quite interesting.
All this has made the spotlight right to her, and she said that she was using this to catch attention so she can promote women's participation and Rugby Sevens. She tweeted that she wants to be a good ambassador for rugby and wanted to help the game to grow. She also added that what she did (playing with a runny nose) was not for her but her team. She hopes that people should not make any difference by saying women’s rugby players.
Page has already finished her college in the United States. Now she will study to become an osteopath in Australia. She is hoping to crack the New South Wales Sevens squad, and her dream is to play in Olympic for Australia. But she prepares to repairs on her battered face at first. She said The American healthcare system is horrible, and so she did nothing over there. She is hoping to see a specialist this week.
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