Rugby World Cup legacy provides boost for future as 30,000 take up game

The 2015 tournament was a disaster for the hosts England, but the RFU’s farsighted legacy programme has boosted rugby’s health at home and abroadA year ago on Sunday, England opened their World Cup against Fiji at Twickenham. Even though that bonus-point victory was as good as it was to get for the team, the Rugby Football Union went on to deliver the most profitable tournament to date, allowing it to leave a lasting legacy on the game in England and beyond. Related: Stuart Lancaster: I got Sam Burgess selection wrong in hindsight Related: Chris Robshaw: ‘In sport you go through different tim…