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Oct
24
2023
By SIHLE MACKENZIE-GCILITSHANA, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Black women in rugby are tackling gender equality in sport one try at a time

Black women in rugby are tackling gender equality in sport one try at a time

SPORT, MULTIMEDIA
IN April 2023, an all-Black women’s rugby team, led by Head Coach Bongi Nhleko from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), progressed to the first-ever First National Bank (FNB) Varsity Women’s Rugby Finals. It was a seminal moment for Black women's rugby in South Africa. "We were really honoured to be part of the first-ever Varsity Cup's Fifteens and we were grateful for it. It gave us exposure because going through to the finals we knew there was going to be pressure and we were looking to perform… It was a great experience… It wasn't the result we were looking for…
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May
30
2023
By OKWI OKOH
Hear Them Roar: Kenya’s Lionesses hunt for rugby greatness

Hear Them Roar: Kenya’s Lionesses hunt for rugby greatness

SPORT
THE early morning air is crisp and the sky is several shades of grey above the Moi International Sports Centre 15 kilometres northeast of Nairobi’s central business district. The turf is green and soft, even though Kenya's “short rains” are petering out and winter is coming. These are ideal training conditions for the Lionesses, Kenya’s national women’s rugby team, and their captain Sheila Chajira doesn’t want to waste a minute of it. On that day in early May, Kenya was preparing to face South Africa’s Springbok Women, Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses and Madagascar's Lady Makis for the chance to play in…
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Oct
10
2020
By The African Mirror
World Rugby rules trans women out of elite female teams

World Rugby rules trans women out of elite female teams

SPORT
MATTHEW LAVIETES  TRANSGENDER women may not participate in elite and international women's rugby, the sport's global governing body World Rugby has announced, amid a heated debate on the issue in sports leagues and LGBT+ communities. In new guidelines, World Rugby said the naturally acquired physical benefits that trans women receive by going through male puberty and the safety concerns for other female players made trans women ineligible for competition. However it said trans men could compete in men's contact rugby. "Given the best available evidence for the effects of testosterone reduction on these physical attributes for transgender women, it was…
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Oct
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Rugby saves school girls from child marriage in rural Zimbabwe

Rugby saves school girls from child marriage in rural Zimbabwe

HUMAN RIGHTS
FARAI SHAWN MATIASHE WHEN the girls at Sahumani Secondary School in eastern Zimbabwe started playing rugby, they had to make do with the soccer pitch and the oversized football shirts used by the boys. Five years on, several have represented their country in the sport, and many more credit it with saving them from becoming child brides in a nation where early marriage remains common despite being outlawed in 2016. "I used to hate rugby. At the time I believed the sport was only for the elite and for men, not girls like me," said Catherine Muranganwa, 20, who has…
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