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<blockquote data-quote="welshglory" data-source="post: 818215" data-attributes="member: 38673"><p>Investment in grassroots clubs is the key to growth. Private schools helps on the performance side and it runs without union funding as well, but if you keep on the path and restrict your playing pool and accessibility to all backgrounds then you're only shooting yourself in the foot long term. Not to mention the jobs for old boys mentality which Brucemagoose mentions. Big problems in Australia and Scotland there, i would imagine South Africa as well.</p><p></p><p>Wales is struggling a lot in this regard with clubs historically being the main provider of talent, but since funding is going more towards the top level the grassroots clubs are dying and this could have consequences in the future. There aren't that many rugby playing schools in Wales.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welshglory, post: 818215, member: 38673"] Investment in grassroots clubs is the key to growth. Private schools helps on the performance side and it runs without union funding as well, but if you keep on the path and restrict your playing pool and accessibility to all backgrounds then you're only shooting yourself in the foot long term. Not to mention the jobs for old boys mentality which Brucemagoose mentions. Big problems in Australia and Scotland there, i would imagine South Africa as well. Wales is struggling a lot in this regard with clubs historically being the main provider of talent, but since funding is going more towards the top level the grassroots clubs are dying and this could have consequences in the future. There aren't that many rugby playing schools in Wales. [/QUOTE]
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