Baroness Sue Campbell and Maggie Alphonsi MBE The Power of Sport

PLEASE NOTE DAME DENISE LEWIS AS HAD TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS EVENT AND MAGGIE ALPHONSI HAS KINDLY AGREED TO REPLACE HER

We welcome two women who know all about the transformative power of sport. Sue Campbell has been a part of some of the nation’s most important sporting glories to date, from overseeing the iconic 2012 Olympics to becoming Director of Women’s Football at the FA and helping the Lionesses raise the winning trophy at the Euros in 2022.

Maggie Alphonsi is the face of international women’s rugby and arguably one of the most well-known names in women’s team sports on the planet. Before announcing her international retirement in 2014, she represented her country an impressive 74 times, scored 28 tries, and helped England win a record breaking seven consecutive Six Nations crowns. She was also an integral member of the team that won the 2014 Rugby World Cup for the first time in 20 years and was part of the team that won the BBC’s Sports Personality Team of the Year award.

Through her England rugby career, she has become a household name but also a media professional, and since retiring she has commentated on live rugby matches for SKY Sports, BT Sport and the BBC. In 2015 she became the first ever former female player to commentate on men’s international rugby when she was signed up by ITV for the Rugby World Cup, and she continues to work with ITV Sport across their rugby coverage.

Maggie is also the first ever former female player to become a columnist for a national newspaper, The Telegraph.

Talking to Jill Douglas