Growing up, Ilona Maher was a self-described awkward kid, but sport was always the place where she felt she belonged.

After trying every sport under the sun, from softball to basketball she finally found rugby when she was in her senior year of high school and never looked back.

The Rugby Sevens Olympic Medallist takes us through her journey to becoming an American Eagle and how she worked from the ground up to complement her rugby career with an epic social media platform. A platform she uses to encourage women around the world to take up sport, be confident and own how hard they’ve worked.

This week Chloe sat down with the most followed Rugby Player on Instagram to chat about her childhood, her confidence and when she knew it was time to shoot her Olympic shot.

Thanks to our friends at Budgy Smuggler, towards the end of the pod you also get to hear Ilona rank her favourite Aussie foods and give some hot takes on other iconic snacks.

You can also watch this full episode on YouTube now!

https://youtu.be/tG00Rbn0_7c

Check out Ilona’s House of Maher podcast on Apple:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/house-of-maher/id1802929394

Or YouTube:

https://youtube.com/@houseofmaher?si=gDjwZc21VuYjNmAM

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