FOOD MOUNTAIN
The absence of grass-roots rugby for more than a year has increased the behind-the-scenes activity, with clubs caring for the wider community.
Take Barnes, who, in three hours, received 2,700kg (2.7 tonnes) of donations for the Trussell Trust food bank in Kingston-upon-Thames. It amounted to 6,000 cans.
Redruth, also of National Two South, linked up with the Cadgwith Fishing Cove Trust to contribute to the £300,000 cost of three ancient buildings to preserve the livelihoods of fishermen there, including two of their own players, Tommy Phillips and William Trewin.
A MONTH OF RUNNING
Up north, Aymeric de Bezenac Messer, aged seven and a junior member of North Two West club Warrington, ran 3km every day for 30 days to raise funds for Meals & More, a charity for…
