This week’s guest is Telegraph rugby journalist Kate Rowan.
Last month Kate detailed the shocking physical and emotional abuse to which she has been subjected to as a woman covering rugby. We discuss the experiences she has chronicled in the piece, why she wrote it, and the reaction she has received to it.
We also talk more broadly about rugby: why Chris Robshaw is one of the most interesting players she has met, and the snobbery that exists in some circles toward Owen Farrell.
Plus, we chat about golf and the backwards nature of much of Augusta National, their attitude to women and the absurd moralising of club chairman Billy Payne.
Kate’s picks were:
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