Less than two years ago, Clàudia Peña (Barcelona, ​​2004) decided to take the plunge and contacted several clubs in the English women's rugby league to see if they would sign her. And so it happened. Claudia isn't one of those people who sits around waiting. She always looks ahead, and that's how she managed to get signed by one of the most historic teams, Harlequins, with whom she aspires to win the best league in the world this year. Peña speaks to ARA from London, England, where she recently played in the World Cup with the Spanish national team, just after being chosen as the best Spanish player of the year.

"Rugby people always open their doors to you. They are always willing," says Francesc Gómez, who in 2020 began interviewing personalities from Catalan rugby, aware that the centenary of this sport in Catalonia was approaching. "They were interviews with all kinds of people linked to our sport, people who love it. I went to record a veterans' match of the legendary Albert Malo, on a field full of mud," he recalls, referring to the best Catalan player of all time, captain of the only Spanish team to have gone to a World Cup so far and the first Spaniard to play in New Zealand. Gómez always found people willing to tell their experiences in a sport that changes your life. "In rugby, if you don't put your heart into it... you don't do it well, with so much contact. It is very emotional to hear rugby people explain how it has changed their lives," he explains.

"Rugby people always open their doors to you. They are always willing," says Francesc Gómez, who in 2020 began interviewing personalities from Catalan rugby, aware that the centenary of this sport in Catalonia was approaching. "They were interviews with all kinds of people linked to our sport, people who love it. I went to record a veterans' match of the legendary Albert Malo, on a field full of mud," he recalls, referring to the best Catalan player of all time, captain of the only Spanish team to have gone to a World Cup so far and the first Spaniard to play in New Zealand. Gómez always found people willing to tell their experiences in a sport that changes your life. "In rugby, if you don't put your heart into it... you don't do it well, with so much contact. It is very emotional to hear rugby people explain how it has changed their lives," he explains.