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Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui
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This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable childhood, searching for a better option in life, to Olympic champion and the world's best rugby sevens player.

After a childhood filled with neglect Ruby yearned for another path. Determined not to let her upbringing limit her, she survived abuse, drugs and tragedy to become one of the most successful women's rugby players in the world.

The explosion of women's rugby on the global stage has matched the rise of Ruby's stellar career, as she has grown with the game from amateur to professional.

In Straight Up Ruby looks herself in the eye, understanding that she can turn pain into purpose.

It's time to be straight up.

©2024 Ruby Tui (P)2024 W. F. Howes Ltd. and Allen & Unwin Ltd. Sports Women

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Great insight into a kiwi legend

I love when an autobiographical audiobook is read by the author it gives the feeling they are telling you their story personally

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Just like Ruby, her story is as incredible.

I’m not ashamed to admit it: I HAVE A HUGE GIRL CRUSH ON RUBY TUI so this review might be a bit bias.

I absolutely love her. I loved hearing about her tragic upbringing, how she grew up all over NZ, how she played SOCCER at school and wanted to be a silver fern. How she wasn’t that fussed with rugby as a kid and only played it a bit, how she started playing during her Canty Uni days to becoming one of the most influential rugby players in both 15s and 7s at the highest international level while putting women’s rugby on the mainstream conscience. I love the commentary about what it’s like growing up mixed race in the South Island.

Ruby is such an inspiration lady and a central reason why the world fell in love with her and her fellow sevens sisters. They are breaking down so may glass ceilings on the old boys rugby, not just in New Zealand but in the world. 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 mean she only wrote the books because she went to a bookstore and saw that there was only ONE book about a sportswomen (and none from a Samoan I bet). She doesn’t like to be told she can’t do something because of her gender or ethnicity and I love that.

Ruby is a bright light in this world and this book just shows how she kept getting up every time life knocked her down, every time someone tried to hold her back. She is an Olympic gold medalist, Rugby world champion, And now she is using the platform she has created to help inspire others. We truly need more people in the world like Ruby. She has such a positive outlook of life, her epencierencaes and how we should all treat people with kindness because we don’t know what they are going through behind closed doors or in their head

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Inspirational story

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Ruby’s story and it made me wish I could get involved in a team as great as she was in. Her words are wise, she is giver of hope and believes in the joy of life. It was a highlight to listen to her story. Easy 5 stars!!

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