RFU Strategic plan 2005/06 - 2012/13 RFU's Environment Table 2 indicates that there are significant differences between the largest five countries in the breakdown of participants between the different age categories.
| Countries |
Adult |
Youth |
Mini and Junior |
Total% |
| England |
33.6% |
15.9% |
50.5% |
100.0% |
| South Africa |
33.1% |
29.4% |
37.5% |
100.0% |
| France |
42.0% |
43.9% |
14.1% |
100.0% |
| New Zealand |
30.2% |
24.8% |
45.0% |
100.0% |
| Australia |
39.7% |
38.3% |
22.0% |
100.0% |
| Totals |
35.7% |
30.5% |
33.8% |
100.0% |
Source: IRB |