RFU Strategic plan 2005/06 - 2012/13 RFU's Environment
The coach statistics recorded by the IRB, set out in Table 3 below, put England in eighth position out of the top ten countries.
Table 3: Figures in '000
| Countries |
Coaches |
Percent |
Players per Coach |
| England |
32.0 |
31.7 |
19.6 |
| South Africa |
14.9 |
14.8 |
39.1 |
| France |
14.6 |
14.5 |
15.1 |
| New Zealand |
9.0 |
8.9 |
14.3 |
| Australia |
8.6 |
8.5 |
16.4 |
| Ireland |
1.6 |
1.6 |
32.5 |
| Scotland |
4.5 |
4.5 |
5.7 |
| Italy |
2.0 |
2.0 |
18.5 |
| Argentina |
8.2 |
8.1 |
6.1 |
| Wales |
5.4 |
5.4 |
10.2 |
| Totals |
100.8 |
100.0 |
19.0 |
Source: IRB |
