The Black Ferns review shows – again – why real change in women’s high performance sport is urgently overdue
- Written by Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato
GettyImagesNew Zealand Rugby’s just released report into the culture of the Black Ferns national women’s team is damning, but sadly all too familiar.
Like a number of previous investigations into elite sporting codes – including football, cycling, rowing and gymnastics – it reveals abuses of power and inadequate systems...
