A look at the English Rugby World Cup squad proves that private schools are winning when it comes to creating athletes
The Rugby World Cup should be an opportunity for UK schools to get more young people involved in the sport at grassroots level. But for state school students dreaming of playing for their country, a glance at the England squad may be disheartening.
Of the team’s 31 players, 20 were at least partly educated in the independent sector. The gap appears to be widening – just 11 of the 2003 squad were educated in private schools. And it’s not just rugby. Team GB was equally lopsided in 2012, with about 37% of medal-winners privately educated.
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