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men, women and children now playing the game in World Rugby member unions, an increase of 770,000 on 2015youngsters took part in Get Into Rugby activities in 2016, an increase of 857,300 on 20151 ,990,3008 .5m2015: 1,133,0002016: 1,990,3002015: 7.73 million2016: 8.5 millionGLOBAL GROWTH46 WORLD RUGBY YEAR IN REVIEW 2016PARTICIPATE | GLOBAL GROWTHGLOBAL