Global Rugby Magazine Issue #5 | Page 16

Emily McCarthy is a third year history and Spanish Major from Otago University, New Zealand. She went on exchange to ITAM in DF, Mexico from January to June of 2013 and had an incredible time. Now she is back in New Zealand and avoiding contact sports! If you are interested in playing rugby in Mexico you can contact email here: emily. [email protected] GETTING REAL WITH RUGBY IN MEXICO I am absolutely delighted to publish the very first guest post for Mexico Retold. When I met Emily McCarthy a New Zealander with the biggest, warmest smile you’ve ever seen, and she told me that she was part of a women’s rugby team at her University in Mexico City, I knew immediately that I wanted to share her story with you all. Here Emily tells you about how rugby helped her go from being an outsider to one of the team! I hope you enjoy reading her story as much as I did…