Episode details

Radio 4,4 mins
England women's captain: 'We want to reach a point where all women鈥檚 games are televised'
TodayAvailable for over a year
Yesterday reigning world champions England beat Scotland 42-13 in the women鈥檚 Six Nations championship. The tournament runs concurrently with the men's but the amount that is reported and broadcast still lags a long way behind other women's team sports like football, netball and cricket. Sara Orchard has been asking why. Katy McLean is the England rugby captain and she told Sara: 鈥楩or us we鈥檙e working really hard to be a game that鈥檚 a very marketable game鈥e want to reach a point where all women鈥檚 games are televised. Katy added: 鈥榊ou鈥檝e just got to hope people get on board and keep supporting it鈥�. Philip Bernie is Head of TV Sport at the 麻豆社: 鈥楾here鈥檚 room for improvement for us and the unions to work together and see how we can find space for more鈥� it鈥檚 just then seeing how the schedule can attract the best games at the right time for us to cover.鈥�
Programme Website