Project Rugby and Bristol Bears help rugby novice develop into sporting prospect

Bristol Bears rising star Tiara Brown has gone from complete novice to one of England's brightest prospects in the space of four years, a journey that all started with Project Rugby. As a child, Tiara often struggled to engage with physical activity and had entered her teenage years by the time she picked up a rugby ball for the first time as a year nine pupil at Bristol Brunel Academy.

Tiara and around a dozen other children took part in a Project Rugby session led by Bristol Bears Community Foundation head coach Rich Hynes, and her life changed forever. Ad Premiership Rugby's Project Rugby programme is delivered in conjunction with partners Gallagher, title partner of Premiership Rugby, and the RFU and is designed to introduce as many people as possible to the benefits of rugby.

Having engaged over 75,000 young people since the programme started, Project Rugby aims to encourage more players from ethnically diverse or low socio economic backgrounds, and those with disabilities to trial rugby, via sessions delivered at more than 200 locations across England which are welcoming and easily accessible to participants. RugbyLibyan teenager grows in confidence and social skills after being introduced to the game by Project08/02/2023 AT 14:45 Despite having little experience or knowledge of the game, Project Rugby lit a fire under Tiara and four years on, the back-row forward is well and truly reaping the rewards.

«Rugby has changed my life a lot. It's changed my friendship groups, changed literally everything,» Tiara said «My fitness is so much better and I feel like my attitude to life in general has changed a lot due to rugby.

I was a very angry child and now I've calmed down. Being in the rugby community has brought out a