I had the pleasure of visiting Worcester Warriors today at their Sixways Stadium, where I spoke to the Worcester Warriors Community Foundation coaches and staff and had a go, albeit badly, at playing some rugby for myself. The purpose of the day was to highlight the success of Project Rugby, Premiership Rugby and England Rugby’s inclusivity programme, which continues to celebrate its ongoing success, having reached the landmark of 25,000 new players. Since its launch in 2017, it continues to challenge under representation in the sport from BAME, low socioeconomic backgrounds and people with disabilities.
In the last two years, 3,340 participants from BAME backgrounds, 17,715 from low socioeconomic groups and 4,652 people with disabilities have picked up a rugby ball and become involved with the game through the project, which is run in partnership with Gallagher.
It was a delight to learn about their inclusivity programme and I hope it continues to go from strength to strength.
