20x20: ‘If you want something different for your daughter then you need to lend a little support yourself’

Ireland defender Louise Quinn watches the ‘What’s Next for Women in Sport?’ conference presented by 20x20 at the team hotel in Duisburg yesterday. Norwegian football superstar Ada Hegerberg, who won the first female Ballon d’Or in 2018, said the inclusion of women in that award was a pivotal moment for her sport.  Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Brian O’Driscoll says it is time for men, and especially male athletes with a powerful voice, to stand up and speak up for their female sporting counterparts.

The rugby superstar did not hold back when he was asked ‘what next?’ as the 20x20 women’s sport movement wrapped up its two-year campaign to get a 20% increase in participation, attendance, and media coverage for female athletes.