Millie Elliott was training a month postpartum, on Thursday she’ll play Origin

Eight months ago Millie Elliott welcomed baby Gigi into the world, now she’s preparing to enter NRLW’s toughest arena, State of Origin. She hasn’t played a game of NRLW for over 18 months, but will make her way straight back into the NSW Blues side. The four-time premiership star always intended to come back to footy postpartum but the reality was easier said than done. How has she managed the transition from elite athlete to mother to balancing both? We ask her. 

Talent: Millie Elliott, NSW Sky Blues prop. 

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