Women's rugby history project launched

The oldest known photo of a women's rugby team. Newport, South Wales c1917. We circulated news about this on Twitter and Facebook and the interest has been huge, so we’ve got in touch with Professor Tony Collins at De Montfort, who is behind this initiative, to ask him about the background to the project, what he hopes it will reveal about the game, and what skills anyone thinking of applying should have. Where did the idea to launch this study come from?Read more about Women's rugby history project launched