What is the TRY Rugby Programme?
One of the major issues the TRY Rugby programme is hoping to combat, as well as getting more young people to play the game, is to help tackle the growing issue of childhood obesity. Today nearly a third (31.1 per cent) of 11-year-olds (1) are now overweight or obese and the statistic is rising. Exercise is a great way of dealing with this and rugby is the perfect sport to do it – all shapes and sizes have their place in rugby – just compare Eion Reddan (1.72 metres, 80kg) to Simon Shaw (2.03 metres, 122kg). (1.
