England Rugby's latest volunteer recruit is?

 Prince Harry 
      

Prince Harry this week started work as a volunteer Assistant Rugby Development Officer with the Rugby Football Union.

The 20-year-old is spending six weeks of his gap year helping the RFU’s 45-strong team of Rugby Development Officers and the Community Rugby Coaches who provide coaching to schools, clubs and communities throughout England.

Prince Harry was today coaching tag rugby to Year 5 and 6 children at Greenfield Primary School in Shelfield, Walsall – one of 7,000 schools in which the RFU work in partnership with the Departments for Education and Skills and Culture, Media and Sport.

Terry Burwell, the RFU’s Community Rugby and Operations Director, said: 

 “On behalf of the RFU, I am delighted that Prince Harry has started his work as a volunteer to help deliver our wide-ranging Community Rugby programme.

“The development officer's role is to promote the game in England, improve playing and coaching standards and increase and retain participation in the game at all youth levels. It is an honour to have Prince Harry helping us to do that.

“He has passed the relevant training, including a Level 1 course in coaching tag (non-contact) and contact rugby, and is working with children of all ages in schools, clubs and communities to help them improve their understanding of the game.”

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