RFU Awarded £12.6M By Sport England

England Rugby has been awarded £12.6 million Sport England funding to help grow rugby participation across the country. Sport England acknowledged the RFU’s successful CBRE All Schools programme which has, to date, worked with 500 state schools without a tradition of playing rugby and in areas with highly-diverse communities. Through the Sport England investment the RFU will also create more opportunities to play informal, social and non-contact touch rugby as well as more chances to play rugby sevens. With female players currently playing on average fewer than 10 matches a season but 50 per c…