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Beyond 2015 DEVELOPING RUGBY ACROSS EUROPE The Story So Far July 2015 Unity Project – The Story So Far Unity Project – The Story So Far The Unity Project’s UNITY PROJECT BOARD Ground-breaking 1 Ben Calveley (RFU) First Year Chair DEVELOPING RUGBY ACROSS EUROPE 2 Ben Calveley Katie Dooling (RFU) Project Manager The Unity Project was plans included a scoping Country Twin officially launched a year visit to the country by a team Belgium Eastern Counties, NLD ago in partnership with made up of Constituent Body Croatia Leicestershire, Warwickshire 3 World Rugby, Rugby Europe representatives, RFU and and UK Sport. The project UK Sport staff, followed by a Czech Republic North Midlands, Staordshire Steve Grainger is an important part of the return visit by the country to (RFU) Georgia Kent, Essex RFU’s Lead Up & Legacy the Constituent Bodies. At programme and supports the the end of these two visits a Germany Hampshire, Hertfordshire development of rugby development plan was drafted Hungary East Midlands, Cambridge University across Europe. and sent to the Project Board Netherlands Cornwall, Devon 4 for approval. You often hear international Poland Surrey, Sussex Jonathan Dance and other sporting bodies Through this exchange of (RFU) Portugal Cheshire, Lancashire refer to the solidarity principle knowledge and information – the idea that nations should both the unions and Romania Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire work together to develop their Constituent Bodies involved Russia Berkshire, Middlesex sport on a global basis. The will have the opportunity to Serbia Buckinghamshire, Oxford University 5 RFU absolutely subscribes learn from each other and to this principle and sees the it is this valuable sharing of Spain Durham, Northumberland Robert Morini Rugby World Cup 2015 as experiences that will ensure Sweden, Denmark, Norway Cumbria, Yorkshire (UK Sport) an opportunity not only to the legacy of the Rugby World Switzerland Dorset & Wiltshire, Somerset develop the game in England Cup endures.
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