Maher wants to take centre stage on field

BUT INFLUENCER BEMOANS PAY

- By James Toney

ILONA MAHER is not embarrassed to demand ‘show me the money’.

With nearly nine million followers on social media, the US centre says she would drop the influencer life if women’s rugby paid a fair wage.

From reality TV to modelling swimsuits for Sports Illustrated, she has even been linked with a switch to professional wrestling. But Maher insists her focus is on making her Rugby World Cup debut against England in Sunderland tonight.