Going for gold : New Zealand women's elite rugby sevens in a new Olympic-era : a thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Sport and Exericse at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Going for gold : New Zealand women's elite rugby sevens in a new Olympic-era : a thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Sport and Exericse at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Rugby sevens will appear in the Olympics for the first time in Rio 2016. As the 2016 Olympics approach, many rugby organisations and nations are investing in rugby sevens, and the women’s game in particular. This thesis examined the ways in which the International Olympic Committee’s decision to include rugby sevens as an Olympic sport has influenced the socio-cultural, political-economic and organisational landscape of the women’s game, globally and in New Zealand, where the sport is of sign...

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Thesis

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Masters

Date created

2015

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Tucker, Noel

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/7061

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Rugby sevens / Women rugby players / Olympic rugby / Olympic games

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