The hostility Emily Scarratt suffered for wanting to play rugby as a teenager was made to look even more absurd when she sealed England’s World Cup triumph last Sunday with a superb individual try. Like the rest of her team-mates, Scarratt is only too aware of the cliches surrounding women’s rugby. ‘Leave it to the men,’ the dinosaurs say. ‘The rugby field is no place for girls’. VIDEO Scroll down for England Rugby's Stuart Lancaster unveils New Strip Battle of the sexes: Emily Scarratt is changing the notion that rugby is purely a 'man's game' Touchdown! Emily Scarratt dives to score during England's World Cup final win over Canada
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England defeated Canada in the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup final
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Lichfield centre Emily Scarratt sealed the 21-9 victory with a superb try
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Scarratt admits she has received hostility as a 'woman' rugby player
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England's success has helped changed perception of the sport
@placeholder, a rangy inside centre who is ‘5ft 11¼in — and don’t round it up’, played alongside boys until she was 12 before switching to a girls’ team.