Arriving back home in Leeds in 2015 after almost a decade in Cape Town, South Africa, was a culture shock. I had been back home a few times, but hardly long enough during each visit to notice and soak in all the new developments. Truth be told, my relationship with the city had been divested of all passion and I couldn’t wait to return to my new love, Cape Town. Leeds stop gap In fact,…

Women’s rugby is a game imperilled – Efforts to grow the game continue to be frustrated by the obstructionist attitudes of gatekeepers and lack of funding. There are two codes of Rugby – Rugby Union predominately played in the South of England and Rugby League, the M62 Corridor. Rugby Union is dominated by South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, France, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Whereby Rugby League is Australia, England. One thing both codes have…