Women’s rugby is key to the growth of the sport overall, claimed Bill Sweeney, the RFU’s chief executive, after the organisation announced a £12m investment in the women’s grassroots game.
“When you go around the [community] game, when you go around the country and you [see] a club that is successful in terms of participation or volunteers or minis and juniors, you tend to find there is a really strong women’s section in there,” Sweeney said. “You get a better family environment overall, you get a better social mix and a better utilisation of the club. So the growth of the women’s game is key, not just in terms of women’s and girls’ rugby but it is key for the game overall.”
