September Touchline celebrates a new CEO for the Rugby Football Union in Steve Brown, previously RFU Chief Officer Business Operations and MD for the England 2015 Rugby World Cup.

The new Tyrrells Premier 15s takes flight at Twickenham, while five new Rugby 365 England Rugby Artificial Grass Pitches reach completion around the country.

Rugby clubs, charities and not for profit organisations are invited to apply before 2 October 2017 for Try for Change large grants for projects using rugby union to change people’s lives.

A 22-year-old Gloucester & District referee shares his log cabin life in Alaska with a grizzly neighbour and has to make a run for it and English pitches get better and better with 1000 grafting groundsmen now signed up to Rugby Groundsmen Connected.

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