How investing in the community saved a rugby club

A rugby club says more than a decade of investment in its community is the reason it is expanding at a time when some are struggling.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Kingswood RFC near Bristol struggled to field a team and its future looked bleak.

But fast-forward five years and the club has three men's teams, a women's team, walking rugby and an inclusive team aimed at getting people with disabilities playing the game.

"It's more than a decade of hard work to promote youth rugby and when the kids grow up and come through, they have somewhere to go – and now they can stay at Kingswood," said club chair, Ian Starr.