The Rugby Football Union has launched a radical plan to save school rugby, which introduces three forms of the game including “reduced contact”, after an independent report predicted it will become a “declining minority sport” without bold changes. The report pulled no punches in its assessment of rugby’s diminishing standing in the “marketplace” of schools sport, stating: “This is an …
Perched on a tackle bag at the Wales Rugby Union high performance centre, props Gwenllian Pyrs and Sisilia Tuipulotu, and Kelsey Jones the hooker radiate a magical glow. The front-three have anchored a Wales side that has enjoyed a perfect start to the Women’s Six Nations, their bulldozing performances emblematic of a squad that has been reinvigorated by the arrival …
