Rugby Book of the Year

SHORTLIST 2023

World in their Hands

World in their Hands

The Story of the First Women’s Rugby World Cup

By Martyn Thomas

World in their Hands recounts the remarkable events that led to a group of friends from London staging the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup in 1991. This book is a celebration of female achievement in the face of adversity and of the generations who reshaped the idea of what it means to be a woman, finding acceptance and friendship on boggy rugby pitches.

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