Ilona Maher, America's biggest rugby star and "Dancing With the Stars" runner-up, has waltzed herself over to the United Kingdom to play for the Bristol Bears. Maher announced the move on her TikTok account Monday after months of speculation as to whether she might join the Premiership Women's Rugby league.

Women's rugby's biggest star is leaping into pastures new in 2025. Ilona Maher, the American rugby supernova who took the country by storm as a part of the United States' bronze medal-winning sevens side in the summer, is taking her talents to Bristol Bears in January, she announced on social media Monday afternoon.

Ilona Maher will become a Bristol Bears player in January on a three-month deal. The USA Eagles star will be hoping to return to Ashton Gate later in 2025 when the stadium hosts both semi-finals in the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

USA Eagles star Ilona Maher has signed a three-month contract with Premiership Women's Rugby side Bristol Bears, the club has confirmed.

Ilona Maher, the world’s most-followed rugby player on social media, has signed for Bristol Bears and will play for the Premiership Women’s Rugby club from next month.

Ilona Maher is a Bristol Bear! The Olympian, who brought home Team USA’s first bronze medal in rugby sevens at the Paris Games this summer, is headed to England for the next few months as she joins the Bristol Bears of England’s Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) league.

Ilona Maher has set her sights on featuring at next summer’s Rugby World Cup after signing for Bristol Bears in England’s Professional Women’s Rugby (PWR). Olympic bronze medallist Maher had been the subject of interest from several PWR clubs after making her intentions to chase a World Cup spot with the United States clear.