Abstract
The present research is a sequence of the “Coaching Rugby 7s to Girls” project, which aims to improve the skills of coaches interested in girls’ rugby. There are only 4 women’s rugby teams in Romania with about 60-70 players, of which only 30% are from our country. The small number of females who practise this sport makes the selection and competition difficult. Our research aims to highlight the vulnerabilities faced by rugby coaches and female rugby athletes and find solutions for eliminating or diminishing prejudices like parents’ fears of letting their daughters practise a sport that can be considered tough. The research was carried out over a period of 3 weeks. The participants are 34 female rugby players and 31 rugby specialists. The research methods used are: scientific documentation, survey, mathematical and statistical method, graphical method. The results provide important data for knowing the challenges faced by coaches and women’s rugby 7s players in their activity and possible solutions to reduce them. Based on the results obtained, we consider it necessary to develop a strategy to promote women’s rugby among the school population, highlighting the formative values of this sport with the goal of changing the mentality about the game of rugby and convincing girls to practise it.
Highlights
IntroductionThe Olympic sport of Rugby Sevens is 137 years old, being ‘born’ in 1883
Sevens is an Olympic sport for men and women and will feature at the Olympic Games
The findings of this study suggest that participants got involved for three major reasons: they knew other female rugby players, had supportive families involved in sport, and due to the social element of participation as a key ongoing motivator
Summary
The Olympic sport of Rugby Sevens is 137 years old, being ‘born’ in 1883. Rugby is a sport defined by passion, discipline, solidarity, respect and integrity, values that are included in the World Rugby Playing Charter document. Rugby Sevens is played by seven players, and the duration of the game is shorter, each half lasting only seven minutes during stages of the tournament. The length of the final game increases to ten minutes for each half. 2017 was a record-breaking for the celebration of women’s rugby: the 2017 Women’s Rugby Cup played a significant part in what was a wonderful year for women’s sport – broadcast in primetime on a TV channel in the UK on a Saturday evening, the final match attracted a peak of audience of 2.65 million on TV1 alone. The game of rugby is the same for girls and boys; it is important to understand that boys and girls are different
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