“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” I mean if it's good enough for Romeo and Juliet, it's got to be ok for Not by the Playbook, right!?This week we are meeting three extraordinary women for whom their names mean something much more than just something they call themselves. In 1991 the Chancellor family welcomed their new daughter into the world. they named her Emily. A bright and active girl she grew up watching Rugby union, but it wasn't a sport easily accessible to women. The game however has grown and it's set to get bigger with the Women's World Cup coming to the UK in September. And there's a good chance Emily will be there representing Australia. Chance. It's what you need in sport, in life in general! Chance. It's right there in her name Emily CHANCEllor... and so she has adopted a mantra, a tag line that she lives by. "Life of Chance" I you say something flopped, you're saying it didn't work. That it failed but in the 1960s, American athlete Dick Fosbury invented the 'Fosbury flop'. It was as far from a failure as you could possibly imagine in fact it revolutionised the discipline of high jumping. Instead of diving or scissor-kicking over the high-jump bar, Fosbury floated, or flopped, across on his back. He went on to win a gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Dick Fosbury died just over a year ago, but in 2011 he spoke to Alan Johnston about his iconic moment Names often have more than one meaning - apparently Henry means "home ruler", Amir means "to live long, to thrive" and Amy means "beloved". Our guest is called Mix, and it's a name she has chosen herself. It not only represents who she is but the name is the perfect reflection of the life she has lead. We have rarely had guests who have excelled at sport but pivoted in a totally different direction – but for archer Mix Haxholm Mix did, going from competing at the Olympics to lining up for "Miss World!” Atoya Burleson created the “Ladies Playbook” and takes us behind the scenes to a part of sport we never see, the lives of the wives of the NFL. It can be a very challenging life being uprooted and resettled, having to make a new home in a new city which can be lonely. The Ladies Playbook helps smooth that bumpy road. For so many, including Atyoa it starts with a love story, in her case one between her and Nate Burleson, who would spend 11 years in the NFL and is now a big TV star in the US, but their story began many years before when they were both at college PHOTO: Emily Chancellor of the Waratahs receives the Super Rugby Women's Final trophy during the Super Rugby Women's Final match between NSW Waratahs and Queensland Reds at North Sydney Oval on April 12, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (CREDIT: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
