US rugby star Ilona Maher back from injury for Bristol and gets start Saturday

Bristol Bears' Ilona Maher poses for photographs with fans ahead of the women's rugby union match between Ealing Trailfinders and Bristol Bears at the Trailfinders Sports Ground in London, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.

Bristol Bears' Ilona Maher poses for photographs with fans ahead of the women's rugby union match between Ealing Trailfinders and Bristol Bears at the Trailfinders Sports Ground in London, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)


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BRISTOL, England — U.S. rugby star Ilona Maher will start for the Bristol Bears on Saturday after missing a game last week because of a facial injury. The 28-year-old Maher who helped lead the U.S. to the bronze medal in rugby sevens at the Paris Games will switch from the wing to midfield for the Premiership Women's Rugby match against Loughborough Lightning at Shaftesbury Park. Maher was substituted out of Bristol's game against Leicester on Jan. 18 with what she later described as a broken nose.

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