Mike Tindall backs England Rugby's 'Get Back in the Game' campaign

He may be a World Cup winner, but Mike Tindall is still strapping on his boots aged 43 and playing amateur rugby in Gloucestershire, and now the England legend is backing an England Rugby campaign to get more players «Back in the Game.» With Covid effectively halting grassroots 15-a-side rugby for the best part of 18 months, while many areas of the game have returned to normal research has revealed social players in the men's game have not returned at the same level as pre the pandemic. As with many grassroots sports, players have developed other commitments and got out of the habit of playing for their local sides each weekend.

Ad/> Speaking ahead of his midweek training session with Minchinhampton RFC, where he sometimes runs out for the 2nd and 3rd XVs, Tindall said: «I think it's important that we try to get more people back at clubs. It's such a great game and the values are so good.

You can fall into not playing after Covid, because you've had a break and it's then hard to re-engage. I'd say just get back out there, go and see your mates, build up gradually and throw the ball around.» RugbyGhiraldini: Ben Youngs is an absolute legend11/03/2022 AT 17:34 Research commissioned by The National Lottery earlier this season, showed that being part of a rugby club has significant mental health and social benefits.

75% of club rugby players said that not being able to properly participate in club rugby had a negative effect on their state of mind, while 58% said what they missed most when not playing regularly was the team environment and camaraderie. Tindall is better placed than most to explain the attraction of being part of a rugby team, saying, «The social aspect of rugby is why we play,» he said, «It's why we get