Sarah Jilani

It was a good omen for the World Championship, which was coming up in Barcelona.

So this was not only an important moment in women's rugby history, but also Nathalie Amiel's last season of her career.

For me, it was my last game in the Six Nations tournament because I stopped playing rugby that season.

It was special.

Even if you tried to forget, there was always someone to remind you.

Also on the last game, they had the bad idea of getting my oldest son to bring me the ball for the game.

So in terms of emotions, it was huge.

It took me until halftime before I was able to feel back in the game.

I had my son, Quentin, who was then three and a half years old.

I was tired of running, preparing myself physically, using up my family time.

It weighted on me more and more.

I was not physically tired, but I was mentally tired.

If you combine work, family, rugby, training, from the end of July to the end of June every year, those are long days.

Nathalie still thinks there's a long way to go in the journey for equality between the men's and the women's rugby game.

It's still ongoing and it will probably last a long time.

We were first accepted because the previous president, Albert Ferras, said we have to keep these female players because later they will be mothers, teachers, sports teachers and they will more likely bring their child to play rugby than football.

That's how we were considered.

Nathalie Amiel is now a rugby coach, still living in Kapistan in the south of France.

She believes she was very lucky to be part of the growth of women's rugby.

I don't necessarily look back on it.