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Woman who broke nose and played on becomes 'Rugby War Goddess'

Eurosport
ByEurosport

Updated 08/06/2015 at 21:23 GMT

A female rugby player who played on with a broken nose and blood on her face has been described as an "inspiration".

Georgia Page suffered a broken nose.

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Australian Georgia Page suffered the injury playing for Lindenwood University in Missouri.
She played on and made a tackle before being taken off for medical treatment. She came back out for the second half of the Rugby Sevens match.
"I want to be an good ambassador for rugby and growing the game, what [I] did wasn't for me it was for the team!" she said on Twitter.
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