# @heykatesullivan on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIdERdogztH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29891937-heykatesullivan-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5a830ee245.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-15T04:41:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kate Sullivan (@heykatesullivan) — https://gondola.cc/heykatesullivan

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Selects from @wer_exiles vs. @wer_breakers ! 

📸: @heykatesullivan 

Shooting my first rugby game Sunday was intoxicating, electric, and a reminder of how awesome team sports are. It was also humbling, and the former competitive athlete in me was continually cursing being on the wrong end of the field for almost every try. Grateful for the opportunity to be out here showcasing this sport. 

@rugbyevolved , the first professional women’s rugby league in the US, forged from WPL roots, deserves your attention not because it is new, or because it is first, or because everyone watches women’s sports—though those are excellent reasons. You should pay attention because what’s on display by these six teams is raw athleticism and passion, spurred on by an unrelenting drive and unbridled by ego. 

Bodies serving up a shredding of limb and ligament, lungs pushing to capacity, the nimblest of footwork, some capital ‘G’ Grit™️. The sand-colored rock on one end of Mount Vernon’s Memorial Stadium felt like a proper scrum photo backdrop: solid and sturdy while players packed in like wolves, bloody snouts gnashing for a chomp at the kill. 

Is it next weekend yet?

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Women’s Elite Rugby | @rugbyevolved | https://gondola.cc/rugbyevolved | Sports League |
| Kate Sullivan | @heykatesullivan | https://gondola.cc/heykatesullivan | Photographer |

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