England rugby star's conversion challenge for ill dad

An England rugby world has completed much than 1,600 conversions successful 24 hours to fundraise for her sick dad's treatment.

Ella Cromack, who plays for Harlequins and England U20s, took connected nan exhausting situation for her father, Simon, who was diagnosed pinch an incurable encephalon tumour successful November 2023.

Mr Cromack, from Ashampstead successful Berkshire, has had to recreation to Germany for regular curen for glioblastoma that is not disposable connected nan NHS.

The number of conversions - 1,611 - was chosen because nan day that Mr Cromack received his test was 16 November.

The 20-year-old fly-half made nan first of nan kicks from 12:00 BST connected Friday astatine Harlequins' Twickenham Stoop Stadium.

"Physically I'm judge my assemblage will struggle. Mentally I deliberation it's going to beryllium rather easy knowing that I'm doing it for Dad," Ms Cromack said earlier nan situation started.

Mr Cromack said: "It'll beryllium hugely affectional I deliberation but awesome nosy astatine nan aforesaid clip and I person sewage everything crossed for her because she's an unthinkable person."

He said he was "sad and disappointed" that nan curen he was receiving was not disposable connected nan NHS because of its cost.

But he added that "at nan aforesaid time, it's very bully successful nan consciousness that they springiness america precisely what we request [in Germany]".

Ms Cromack added: "Ultimately it's rather frustrating. It intends that [during nan treatment] myself and my sister Nell can't spot our dad, truthful that's beautiful gutting from that perspective."