The Washington Post looks at the future of rugby in China if it is accepted as an Olympic sport:
Rugby would immediately attract central government funding and, more importantly, become a sport at China’s quadrennial National Games, which in turn would lead to the establishment of teams in most of the country’s 31 provinces and regions.
“If rugby manages to get into the Olympics there will inevitably be a great development in China,” Zheng, China’s head coach, told Reuters in his office in a scruffy building at the China Agricultural University.
ad_icon“The state will pay more attention to it…so rugby can enjoy a quick expansion all over the country as the sports schools’ provincial teams will be launched one after another.
“And we will eventually see professional players being produced by the state sports structure.”
