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WHAT IT’S LIKE TO… LEAD RUGBY’S FIGHT FOR CLIMATE ACTION

IS THERE more to a rugby club than rugby? You better believe it. Worcester Warriors might not be winning the Gallagher Premiership any time soon but their moral compass is in overdrive. As the first professional rugby club in Europe to sign up to the United Nations Sports for Climate Action, the Warriors are showing admirable leadership in an area that affects every man jack of us.

The driving force at Sixways is Gené Willis, Head of Stadium Operations and a woman so ardent about climate action that they call

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