Mud, Maul, Mascara

Catherine Spencer is a former captain of the England women's rugby team. She has written for mainstream and rugby media, and appeared as a studio pundit and commentator for the BBC and Sky Sports. She was named England Player of the Year in 2006, and received a Rugby Union Writers' Club Special Award in 2011. She is the founder of the speaker agency Inspiring Women.inspiringwomen.co.uk@CathSpencer8

'This pioneering memoir . . . engagingly balances the highs of captaincy and grand slams with striking emotional honesty as to her regrets' Guardian Books of the Year 'Her struggle is that of women’s rugby and it is told here with great honesty' Sunday Times Books of the Year