World in their Hands - The Story of the First Women's Rugby World Cup

World in their Hands recounts the remarkable events that led to a group of friends from south-west London staging the inaugural Women-s Rugby World Cup in 1991. The tournament was held just 13 years after teams from University College London and King-s contested a match that catalysed the growth of the women-s game in the UK, and the organisers overcame myriad obstacles before, during and after the World Cup. Those challenges, which included ingrained misogyny, motherhood, a recession, the Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, provide a fitting framing device for a book that celebrates female achievement in the face of adversity.Although ostensibly a story about women-s rugby, this is a tale that has rare crossover appeal. It is not only the account of a group of inspirational women who took on the institutional misogyny that existed in rugby clubs across the globe to put on a first ever Women-s Rugby World Cup. It is also the compelling and relatable tale of how those women,