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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

English rugby unveils plan to build on women’s glory: ‘The stakes have never been higher’

England’s players and staff dance and spray champagne after their Women’s Rugby World Cup triumph
England’s players and staff dance and spray champagne after their Women’s Rugby World Cup triumph. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

The Rugby Football Union has promised to “keep its foot on the gas” after unveiling an ambitious five-year action plan to build on the momentum of the Red Roses’ Women’s Rugby World Cup victory.

The strategy, called Every Rose: Our Time, includes the goal of becoming the first England team to win back-to-back Rugby World Cups, and getting 100,000 women and girls playing the game across the country by 2030, up from the 60,000 who participate now.

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