Rugby - Local and national provision.
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Tue Oct 07 2003
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
Adam Clarke Local and National Provision Rugby Rugby Union in England is run by the national governing body, the Rugby Football Union, which was established in 1871. Since then it has taken control of fixtures, coaching, rules, competitions and much more. It identified three areas of the game that would they would aim to develop and improve: Performance, Finance and Marketing, and rugby Community. Rugby in general, along with the RFU is reasonably well funded. It receives sizable income from the likes of Sports Match and Sport England, which is funded itself by the Lottery. On top of this England Rugby also has over twenty major sponsors, including brands such as Nike, Tetley's, Powergen, Cadbury's, Ford and O2. All this means that it is able to provide money for many schemes and organisations across the country. One of the main focuses of the RFU is the development of rugby, at grass-roots level in particular. Due...

