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YEAR IN REVIEW 2015 WORLD RUGBY 99GAME INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES | FINANCIAL REPORTDEVELOPMENTTRAINING AND EDUCATIONREGIONAL COMPETITIONSWorld Rugby’s participatory investment aims to grow rugby globally to eight million players from the current 7.73m with high profile, high visibility and great support, run by strong regional associations and unions. In 2015, World Rugby invested £8.6m in its core programme, including £7.9m in union and regional association investments, of which £3.5m was invested in performance and The number one strategic goal and investment priority for World Rugby is driving player welfare best practice, which it actions through investment in player-focused research, laws, equipment, game analysis, medical initiatives and anti-doping (Keep Rugby Clean) and integrity (Keep Rugby Onside) programmes. Aligned with this are Rugby World Cups and Olympic Games competitions sit atop the global international competitions pathway, supported by other World Rugby tournaments and series, but these are all underpinned by a suite of (in 2015) 100 international competitions across the six regional associations of World development unions. All unions and regional associations apply for this funding online where they self-assess, plan and budget on seven key drivers. overarching major global training and education programmes for players, coaches, match officials, first aid and medical practitioners, including a full suite of online learning modules across four strands (coaching/strength and conditioning/player welfare/match officiating). In 2015, World Rugby invested £2.4m in its core programmes.Rugby. In 2015, World Rugby invested £4.2m in its core programmes – in 15s and sevens, for men and women, at senior and age-grade. Regional associations apply for this funding online where they self-assess, plan tournaments and budget for revenue and expenditure in nine cost centres (competitions drivers). HIGH PERFORMANCEWorld Rugby’s elite investment aims primarily to impact the improvement of standards of men’s 15s at tier one and tier two, with the goal of making Rugby World Cup as competitive as possible. As elite rugby evolves, we are also developing high performance initiatives for men’s sevens, women’s sevens and women’s 15s. In 2015, World Rugby invested £7.3m in its core programme, including £6.7m in union investments, of which £4.6m was invested in tier two unions. The unions apply for this funding through a competitive application process by presenting a Performance Case where they self-assess, plan and budget on six key drivers.1. HP Leadership and Excellence2. HP Athletes3. HP Coaches4. HP Match Officials5. HP Daily Training Environment6. HP Competition1. Governance2. Administration3. Participation4. Training and Education5. Competitions6. Performance7. Women’s Rugby1. Team Services2. Rugby Services3. Tournament Management4. Tournament Services5. Venues6. Commercial and Broadcast7. Communications and Promotion8. Finance and Legal9. ITHigh Performance Investment DriversDevelopment Investment Drivers Competitions Investment Drivers