Women’s Rugby should be celebrating as the World Cup comes to an end and the sport has finally attracted more of the fans and the profile it deserves.
Instead there is an ongoing struggle over whether the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) strategy to take the game forward over the next four years is the right one. And indeed there is a very real concern another sporting body is refusing to properly support its women and more needs to be done to support the players.
Andrew (Andy) Housley is the owner and MD of Square 1 Accounting, based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He is fully qualified as a professional bookkeeper and possesses accountancy qualifications.
His interest in rugby is strictly amateur but like all good fans he takes it seriously. This is his blog.
Like a lot of people I had a sense of anti-climax when the final whistle blew at the end of the final Lions Match against New Zealand and a draw was announced for the series.
It had been quite a tournament and although the Lions played very well it is hard to get away from the feeling that, as one player put it, a draw was better than losing but it wasn’t really a win!