ARU boss Raelene Castle says women still have a long way to go in fight for sport equality
WITH Australia’s womens Rugby Sevens team one of the biggest drawcards on the Gold Coast, ARU boss Raelene Castle says the sport has a way to go before men and women are recognised equally.
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RUGBY Australia boss Raelene Castle says the sport has a way to go before men and women are recognised equally.
“I don’t think we are quite there yet, there is certainly some work to do,” Castle told News Corp.
“Rugby has worked really hard to a point where the women receive equal support, we have some levels of equal pay, which is important. But as their profile grows and their commercial values grow, that is when you will start to see an even more level of equality.”
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The Australian Rugby Sevens male and female teams are strongly tipped to medal at the Commonwealth Games this weekend.
And some would argue, the female team would draw just as many, if not more, eye balls than the men’s team after their success at the Rio Olympics two years ago.
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“True equality would be dollars matched, the incomes that they earn,” the former Canterbury Bulldogs boss said, attending a lunch at the Longines Records Club at Broadbeach to celebrate Australia’s Rugby Sevens teams.
“At the moment, because of the nature of the men’s game through to World Cup, broadcast revenue and things that they generate far exceeds what the women’s game does at the moment. There has been enormous strides in a very short space of time and if we continue to move forward at those levels, we will start to edge closer.”
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