Asian politician, female backing rugger (5)
I believe the answer is:
nehru
'asian politician' is the definition.
'Nehru' can be an answer for 'politician' (Nehru is an example). I am not certain of the 'asian' bit.
'female backing rugger' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'hen' (female chicken).
'backing' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'rugger' becomes 'RU' (rugby union - rugger can mean rugby).
'hen' backwards is 'neh'.
'neh'+'ru'='NEHRU'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nehru that I've seen before include "First Indian prime minister, 1947-64" , "India's first prime minister" , "former statesman" , "Indian prime minister, father of Indira Gandhi" , "Student of Gandhi" .)