What Is Ilona Maher Doing After DWTS? Olympian Announces Rugby’s Return
It’s Maher
Cameron Spencer/Getty ImagesIt’s Maher he returns to the game that made him famous.
Maher, 28, announced on Monday, December 2, that she has joined the Bristol Bears, an elite women’s rugby club in Bristol, England. Last week, this athlete finished second in the competition Dancing with the Stars the conclusion, the loss of the former star of the Bachelor Joey Graziadei.
She revealed her happy news in a video on Instagram, wearing a blue and white Bears uniform as she said she was “excited to be joining the Bristol Bears and playing premiership women’s rugby alongside the best rugby players in the world.”
He added that he is “looking forward to calling Bristol home as we prepare for the 2025 Rugby World Cup here in England.”
Maher’s professional statement is interspersed with outings where he shows off the humor that has made him a social media star.
“Are there really bears here? Because I don’t know what to do … cute grizzly bears? Black bears are the bad guys, aren’t they?,” Maher asked the silent camera crew.
Next he wanted to know, “is it going to be this cold all the time?” It’s a little cold.”
Maher also jokingly asked if he would get “grilled meat” after signing with the club.
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Meanwhile, he received a wave of congratulations in the comments section of his video post.
“LET GOOOOO 💪🏽,” Graziadei, 29, wrote, echoing the praise Dancing with the Stars the final Chandler Kinneywho burst out “LET’S GO!!!!!!!!!”
Alan BerstenMaher’s dance on the show, he said: “I’m proud of you. And I can’t wait to see you kill it.”
Maher in front dedicated one of their games to her US Women’s National Rugby Sevens teammates, her co he went home with a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics earlier this year.
Mike Coppola/Getty Images Olympian Ilona Maher has made a splash with her rugby talent and her hot streak on the Internet. Maher, 27, started playing rugby in high school before making a name for himself as a collegiate athlete. He eventually caught the attention of coaches Richie Walker and Emilie Bydwell, who chose him to join […]
“Everybody asks me, ‘Oh, how did you get so confident?’ How did you become this way? It’s amazing what you do for women.’ And I just answer that the reason is because of them,” said Maher in October. “And when you’re in a group of women like that who make you feel so powerful, so beautiful, it translates and touches you and changes other people.”
Maher said on Monday in an interview no The guard that he has reached several top English rugby clubs by the end of 2023. While competing. DWTSBristol contacted him and helped him get a visa so he could play for the Bears.
“All of a sudden I got all these calls and emails from people saying: ‘We hear you might be eligible to play, do you want to help us?’ Okay I wanted to play for you, I wanted to do this. I had many other bands calling to play. I think I’m standing by Bristol because they’re the ones doing this job and I wanted to stick with them,” he explained.
Maher may play his first game overseas on January 4, according to The guard.
“I feel like the first day at school, I’m nervous, I don’t know everyone,” he told the media. “It’s stressful and out of my comfort zone but I think this is exactly what I like to do and I like to challenge myself in this way.”
