Part I: Women on the Rugby Pitch
1 A Brief History of Women in Rugby Union
Lydia J. Furse
2 The Development of Women’s Rugby in the USA: A Challenging Climb
Laura F. Chase and Sarah K. Fields
3 Whiteness and Gendered Violence on the Rugby Pitch
Anima Adjepong
Part II: Women’s Rugby and Performance
4 Training Women’s Rugby Union and Sevens: Not a Simple Copy-Paste of Men’s Practices
Anthony Couderc and Franck Brocherie
5 Collective Efficiency and Performance in Women’s Rugby Sevens
Guillaume Saulière, Quentin DeLarochelambert and Adrien Sedeaud
6 Evolution of Social Cohesion Within a National Rugby Union Team
Helene Joncheray, Renaud Laporte and Pauline Maillot
Part III: Women’s Rugby Through the Eyes of Others
7 The Journey of a Women’s Rugby Coach: Passing Through Capillarity
Sébastien Dalgalarrondo
8 Women’s Experiences of Rugby Culture in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Naked Women Talk About Sport
Amy Wallace, Steve Jackson and Marcelle C. Dawson
9 Beer, Promotional Culture, and Women’s Rugby: Guinness’s “Liberty Fields”
Sarah Gee
Biography
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.
