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YEAR IN REVIEW 2015 WORLD RUGBY 77112 UNIONS19 EVENTS320 CITIES288,000 PARTICIPANTSIMPACT BEYOND IN 2015nine months after the programme was launched on the iconic Copacabana Beach in March, while a number of festivals and coaching clinics were held throughout the country. Just under 1,000 coaches and teachers were trained from more than 250 schools, helping to ensure the legacy of Rio 2016 will continue long after the final whistle has sounded on the rugby sevens event at the Olympics in August.Impact Beyond programmes were also organised around the World Rugby U20 Championship and World Rugby U20 Trophy, in Italy and Portugal respectively, as well as at various stopovers on the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, the regional Olympic qualifiers and alongside Rugby Europe under-18 matches in France and Andorra. For more information on Impact Beyond, visit www.worldrugby.org/development/impact-beyondIMPACT BEYOND | INSPIRING PARTICIPATIONCLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE Children at an Impact Beyond RWC 2015 event in Chile; the Impact Beyond Rio 2016 festival in Deodoro; girls took centre stage at the Women’s Sevens Series event in Amsterdam; Rio 2016 mascots Tom and Vinicius