JEFF PROBYN

Feeling discriminated against: Leicester and England prop Ellis Genge
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England prop claims working class players are discriminated against.
What a headline! Ellis Genge (who grew up on a Bristol housing estate) said he has experienced a bias against players from working class backgrounds.
It is too simplistic to say there is a bias against working class players, as there are a number of reasons why there may not be as many of those players at the top of the game.
First, the game isn’t played in a majority of the 3,268 state schools but is played, ac...