England ramp up growth targets

When England won the World Cup in 2014 they represented the peak of a game that featured 15,000 active players playing contact rugby. Following that, an ambitious target of expanding the game to 25,000 players by 2017 was established. At a press launch for the new England “identity” (more about that later) it was announced that that target had not only been met a year early, but that new targets were now being set that would see the current 26,000 active players grow to 50,000 by 2021.Read more about England ramp up growth targets