Martinovic: We need to focus on state schools

Alan Martinovic fears that the England Rugby player development pathway recently criticised by Eddie Jones will run into more difficulties if Labour wins the next General Election.
As a renowned development coach and expert talent identifier, who launched the careers of scores of Test and Premiership stars over a period of 25 years, Martinovic, below, knows what he is talking about.

He bases his assumption not on political bias but because of the over-reliance on the public school system, which provides the vast majority of elite-level players despite only representing a small percentage of ...

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