England Roses Captain Zoe Aldcroft on life after THAT World Cup win.
White Wine Question Time
Biscuit Jim
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Were you one of the six million people who watched the Women's Rugby World Cup Final on TV? An absolutely phenomenal performance from the England Roses saw them victorious, and in that moment their lives changed forever.
We're incredibly lucky to have the Captain of the England Roses, Zoe Aldcroft on the podcast reflecting on the huge team effort, the personal sacrifices and the whirlwind of the past few weeks.
You do not have to love rugby to love what these women have achieved - this is a story as universal as any - even with a little bit of romance thrown in for good measure.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this episode of White Wine Question Time. |
| 0:06.2 | Alex Matthew, you scored with 12 minutes to go, and I ran back to receive the kickoff, |
| 0:11.4 | and I saw my family in the crowd, and they were like giving it the absolute beans, like, |
| 0:15.5 | come on, come on. I think in that moment, I kind of, like, knew we'd done it. |
| 0:20.4 | We're very strong females. We don't look like the normal average female. Like we're strong. We've got muscles. But also like we have real feminine sides. Like I love doing my makeup. I love putting on a dress. I love my fashion side of things. And I think like you can be whatever you want to be. I was actually speaking to my |
| 0:38.7 | husband, Luke. I was like, God, was our wedding day the best day ever or was the World Cup final |
| 0:43.5 | the best day ever? What did you say? The final, the final. I was like, there were both |
| 0:50.2 | the best days ever. Hello and welcome to white wine question time. |
| 0:56.0 | The podcast had asked its guests, three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine. |
| 1:00.7 | And my guest today is someone who is redefining what it means to be a modern leader, both on and off the pitch. |
| 1:07.7 | At just 28, she is one of the most powerful figures in English rugby, |
| 1:11.8 | captain of the Red Rose's World Cup winner and 2021 World Rugby Player of the Year. Born and |
| 1:18.5 | raised in Scarborough, she grew up splitting her time between dance rehearsals and muddy rugby |
| 1:23.0 | training sessions, inspired by her older brother and determined to hold her own amongst the boys, |
| 1:28.7 | but from a very early age. Usually the only girl on the pitch, but always one of the toughest. |
| 1:34.0 | She eventually hung up her dancing shoes to pursue rugby with a determination that took her |
| 1:38.4 | from her hometown club to Harbury College at just 16 years of age, ready to turn her love |
| 1:44.0 | of the game into a lifelong career. |
| 1:46.2 | And I think it's fair to say that that decision has more than paid off. |
| 1:49.7 | Since making her grand international debut for England in 2016, she's climbed from Rising Star to Captain. |
| 1:56.2 | And this year, she led the Red Roses to the Ultimate Victory, lifting the World Cup at Twickenham in front of 82,000 roaring fans, marking England's first World Cup win in more than 10 years. |
| 2:08.5 | But for her, rugby has always been about more than just medals. She's fiercely passionate about inspiring the next generation of girls to believe that they belong in sport, crediting rugby for teaching |
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