BURIED deep in the RFU website is its “2022- 23 – Targets”, which is a woefully inadequate document because it fails to mention the biggest concern for the rugby union game in England today: The Decline In Adult Male Participation.
All the RFU has to do is look at the damning evidence from its own constituent bodies around the country to see the rapid increase in match walk-overs and cancellations because community clubs cannot raise teams to fulfil fixtures.
The domino effect is obvious because almost all community club finances are underpinned by player subscri...