Women into Coaching 2
From August 2006 until July 2008 the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) managed a project that enabled 159 women across London to pursue sports coaching careers through the Women into Coaching 2 – London (WiC2) positive action programmes. Women were able to gain coaching qualifications across 8 sports up to Level 3 through this learner centred programme. It also looked to increase awareness across the sector of the range of issues faced by women in sports coaching and to provide further evidence of the future needs of women and girls.
Rugby League
Rugby league participation overview
Rugby League is the 34th most popular monthly activity amongst women, with around 8,600 women taking part at least once every four weeks.
However, with 86,300 men playing rugby league, male players outnumber female players 10:1.
Over 86% of female Rugby League players are aged between 16 and 34, which is the 2nd highest proportion of 16-34 year-old women among all sports.
This is due to the opportunities to play the sport at university as 56% of female rugby league players are students.