Finding volunteers is biggest problem facing grassroots

IT’S far too easy to slam the RFU for all the game’s ills and I firmly believe that local issues of volunteer succession are much more threatening.Of course those of us actively concerned about our community clubs should be looking to hold Twickenham accountable, as Alec Jones wrote last week, but let’s not make the mistake of blaming them for all of our problems.There are still many thriving community clubs, despite all the social and economic trends militating against wider participation and much that can be done locally.A much more serious threat to grassr...

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