Play Rugby USA seeks world in union... by taking schools project to Britain

A successful attempt to use the rugby ever in downtown Los Angeles and New York has taken a bold crossing of the Atlantic

Taking coals to Newcastle

- tongue Prov:

do something supposedly useless

; orig Newcastle - an English village that coal was sent to other parts of England

One could say that this is an unlikely story - many Americans introduced rugby in British schools. But then, probably has not met its author.

Mark Griffin founded
Play Rugby USA, a nonprofit that uses innovative rugby as an educational tool to help disadvantaged children in New York, Los Angeles and beyond in 2005. Such was the success that Griffin has established a subsidiary in the United Kingdom, R4UK to continue his search for "a better world through rugby" working with children in downtown London. When asked how he could take such a step, Griffin raises an eyebrow.

"I thought maybe something like ours exist in London," he said, "but this was not the case. But all the risk factors for children there are exactly the same as they are here. 'S Exactly the same program. "

took a chance meeting in the Churchill Cup 2010 with Terry Burwell, a former director of rugby competitions who had discovered a hole in its home market, the United States to play rugby. unlikely to proceed to export all its educational mission in the United Kingdom. After all, according to tradition, if it is not an incontestable historical fact, rugby was

invented

in Britain, at school which gives its name to Part.

that America is far less open to the British tradition of other parts of the world that were once the shade of pink, Play Rugby USA, obvious to say, is the product of a world conditions away from the playgrounds of the school rugby care. But rugby is growing in the United States and Griffin include a survey conducted by the Association Sportive goods manufacturers to support its assertion that "rugby is the fastest sport in the team of U.S. growth." His success is behind much of this growth.

Play Rugby USA takes rugby, especially in the seven-a-side of the form and use of the label rather than plated, schools in areas like Queens and the Bronx, New York and Los Angeles in Bell Gardens. Coaches, mentors and youth development certified teachers then use the play on the field and in the classroom to teach the virtues of teamwork, cooperation, dedication and perspiration. Activities take place during school hours, then keep street children and provide valuable opportunities for supervised exercise.

Despite some impressive achievements - including staging annual New York Rugby and sending scholarships to student winners in New Zealand to experience the culture of the world's strongest rugby - Griffin U.S. still see rugby as a work in progress. His account of their growth, however, shows why he felt confident enough to export.

"We started in 2005, but has not started to implement process until 2006," he added, "and we went from 10 to 267 schools to date.

A better world through rugby is our vision, and we always talk about "rugby forever." It is not just rugby. Basically, it is used rugby to help children thereby improve, help them succeed, from education, it is to enable them to develop and take charge of their own destiny. rugby is good in this area, not only when they play, but in the bathroom and class

I think we try to pass the values ??inherent in the game - honesty .. integrity and camaraderie

'All values ??are there

Griffin
• words - expressed with his usual - a reference to the source of their enthusiasm for the sport .
• "Everything is taken for granted in the UK," he says, "is delivered on a tray to play rugby. All these values ??are there, but not explicitly consider. By here is part of the brand of rugby, how is identified and how it is different from other sports. believe it is mostly also respect and solidarity. "

Griffin - a super nice 37 year old, who played U.S. Rugby Super League, a prostitute for Old Blue, 13 - is British. After playing at the University of Durham and semi-professional Birmingham and Solihull, moved to New York to work for Barclays and eventually qualify to represent the United States. He won nine caps for the Eagles, including two appearances

cons
England

second channel, off the field, he worked for two years as a high school and youth National Rugby American governing body. Parallel executive Nigel Melville Rugby U.S. - another English - Griffin has played a key role in introducing the game to a growing number of American children

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