Straight Up

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Tui, who was later crowned World Rugby’s Women’s Breakthrough Player of 2022, was inundated with “lucrative” offers to play overseas and signed to play in the Premier Rugby Sevens competition in the United States, for which men and women are paid equally. By the time I got pulled into that interview, I look up and all three tiers [of the stand] are chokka, I’d never seen it. Crazy to think this was written before the RWC 2021 that the Black Ferns won, and her story was already so impressive.

I heard from my aunty that when Grandma died she said to Grandad, You have to look after my son, Vaki. Previously you wouldn't have been able to raise a daughter a generation where there are female rugby heroes and they were one of the most popular book signings for a rugby player. She is key player who said refused to let the old boys club tell her that women’s ruby doesn’t matter, that they would never win any tournaments, medal or world cups and especially she wasn’t not listening when they told her that women’s rugby wouldn’t sell out Eden Park. I guess that's why I committed so hard to rugby because I was like where these people end up is really cool places.It’s about not losing sight of who we are, but still remembering we have a responsibility to be role models. I’m not ashamed to admit it: I HAVE A HUGE GIRL CRUSH ON RUBY TUI so this review might be a bit bias. It’s the school holidays and his two young boys are with him; Tui spends the next 15 minutes talking to them, showing them her World Cup medal.

My copy of Straight Up now looks like it’s snapped its way through a ticker tape parade, there are so many post-its hanging out of it. She has been the “culture leader” in many of her teams, driving the off-field antics, helping corral the troops and alerting the captain or managers if she’s worried about a teammate.

Transitioning to the 15s game in 2022, she won the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition with the Chiefs Manawa and then made her debut for the Black Ferns, helping them win the 2021 Rugby Worl Ruby Tui is a professional rugby player and a bestselling author. I haven't read many autobiographies so rating one seems really strange, almost like I'm rating a person. Relentlessly competitive on the field, away from the game, she puts people at the centre of her universe. She has access to their gyms across the world, but it was their commitment to female sports ambassadors which helped get her across the line.

With Bunnings, she’s helped in the campaigns to have women’s changing rooms built at clubs around the country. Tui says she was originally inspired by Sam Warburton’s book – in particular, the Welsh star’s description of what happened on the field when he was red-carded for a dangerous tackle at the men’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in 2011. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. I think she skirted over a lot of possibly controversial parts (in her rugby life) and could have taken a stronger stand on others. Growing up, Ruby felt simultaneously a "bit brown' for her mother's Pakeha family and "a bit white" for her father's Samoan family.New Zealand rugby sevens star Ruby Tui already won over BBC viewers a few days ago with her charming interview at the Tokyo Olympics.

I found it exactly as quoted above, open, honest and raw as well as a thought provoking read and I hope others find this book as inspiring as i did. Even if I've been here for years, I shouldn't walk around like I'm a better human than a newbie or treat them badly.I can get in there and be like, ‘You know what bro, it’s really hard, but you’re going to have to have conversations with your parents and you might have to put a cap on how much money you’re giving them every month’. Tui, whose Black Ferns team won gold in Tokyo, spoke to Channel 10’s lighthearted news show The Cheap Seats from her quarantine room in New Zealand. I learnt pretty quick I didn't want to waste any opportunities because of alcohol, and I just saw how these adults, they'd just have a couple of drinks and everything was different.