‘When you look at the rugby schools in Dublin, they’re Man City and we’re Rushden & Diamonds’

Forget all the marketing blurbs and advertising campaigns: is the national side really the Team of Us, or is it still primarily the preserve of those who have come through the fee-paying schools' system. Ciarán Ó Raghallaigh went in search of answers.

‘When you look at the rugby schools in Dublin, they’re Man City and we’re Rushden & Diamonds’

Forget all the marketing blurbs and advertising campaigns: is the national side really the Team of Us, or is it still primarily the preserve of those who have come through the fee-paying schools' system. Ciarán Ó Raghallaigh went in search of answers.

Back in 2010 Guinness broke the news to us: “This is Rugby Country”.

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