LONDON — Ilona Maher wants to be known, first and foremost, as a rugby player. A really good one.

Not as a content creator.

Not as a social media influencer.

“I hate it when people say that about me, ‘Oh, she’s just an Instagrammer,'” she told her sisters during their House of Maher podcast.

But Maher the rugby player has begun her offseason. Her Eagles — the United States team — were recently eliminated from the Women's Rugby World Cup though she decided to remain in England to see how it unfolds.

She's yet to reveal her future plans but all roads seem to point to La-La Land.

She'd been approached by the WWE she told the BBC just before the tournament. Maher wasn't enthusiastic about professional wrestling but liked the money and the pathways it opens to Hollywood.

“I would love to

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