Women in Rugby

Helene Joncheray is Associate Professor at the University of Paris, France, on secondment as Researcher at the Sport, Expertise and Performance Laboratory of the French Institute of Sport (Institut National du Sport, de l’Expertise et de la Performance). She is Vice-President in charge of International Relations of the International Sociology of Sport Association.

• Part I: Women on the Rugby Pitch, 1. A Brief History of Women in Rugby Union, 2. The Development of Women’s Rugby in the US: A Challenging Climb, 3. Whiteness and Gendered Violence on the Rugby Pitch, Part II: Women’s Rugby and Performance, 4. Training Women’s Rugby Union and Sevens: Not a Simple Copy-Paste of Men’s Practices, 5. Collective Efficiency and Performance in Women’s Rugby Sevens, 6. Evolution of Social Cohesion Within a National Rugby Union Team, Part III: Women’s Rugby Through the Eyes of Others, 7. The Journey of a Women’s Rugby Coach: Passing Through Capillarity, 8. Women’s Experiences of Rugby Culture in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Naked Women Talk About Sport, 9. Beer, Promotional Culture, and Women’s Rugby: Guinness’s “Liberty Fields”