Sporting Witness - Women's Rugby Pioneers
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In 1996, England won the inaugural Home Nations championship in women's rugby. It was a major victory in the English players' fight for official recognition for their sport. Robert Nicholson talks to Gill Burns and Nicky Ponsford about how the women's game overcame entrenched sexism and official indifference. The programme is a Whistledown Production.
PHOTO: The England women's team in action in the 1990s (Getty Images)
Published on Saturday, 26th November 2016.
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