Enrichment through rugby union
Some colleges that offer rugby union within their enrichment have found that students not only get the opportunity to run around and have fun, but that they also pick up on other perhaps more important life skills. Team work (collaborative working skills), communication, listening skills, discipline and many more attributes can garnered from rugby union and are essential requirements of the day-to-day working environment.
Playing rugby union comes in many forms, from the full 15-a-side full-contact game to 5-a-side non-contact games such as touch rugby and tag rugby. The non-contact form of the game can be played on almost any surface (not just grass) by any age, sex or ability of player. It is designed to be fun, fast, and easy to learn.
For FE colleges, rugby union allows activity within the timetable for every student department whenever they require it. Students can easily be trained to deliver the sport and it offers a very suitable student volunteering or leadership opportunity. Rugby union can also be used as a delivery module for in-house leadership courses at FE colleges. Alternatively, it can be delivered by the RFU as a Young Leaders Award or even a V-Rugby project.
