RIYADH: An oval-shaped ball was enough to make Ameera Marghalani curious about a sport she had barely heard of growing up.
Rugby was still new in Saudi Arabia when her coach introduced her to the game during her senior year of high school.
“I think what first drew me to rugby was honestly how different it was,” Marghalani told Arab News.
“Even the oval shape of the ball caught my attention because I had never seen or played a sport with a ball like that before. Rugby was also still very new in Saudi Arabia, and I had never really heard about it growing up, so naturally I was curious and wanted to know more about it.”
She started attending training sessions and classes, initially seeing rugby as something new to try.
