'Bigger than a bow': Women's Rugby World Cup organisers take aim at online hate

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  • Wales's Georgia Evans sent abuse over appearance

  • 'In our sport you can be who you want to be'

Women's Rugby World Cup organisers have said there is no room for online hate in the game after Wales back-row Georgia Evans was sent abuse for wearing a bow in her hair.

Yvonne Nolan, the competition director of England 2025, also hailed the sport's community response after Evans released a statement last week saying she had been labelled "childish" for her regular gameday look and told it was not one "of a rugby player".

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