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Hel
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mos t1,000peoplehavedownloade dit.
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eto
sta
rtc onvers
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ari
esand
workingc ondit
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ain.

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takendur i
ngthe
secondha lfof2020.I nsteadoff ocusi
ngj uston
practi
tionersworkingi nBr i
taina ndIreland,we
want edtoincludet hosewor kinginAus trali
aa nd
Ne wZe al
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.
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ngpr ese
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ss urveytobeus e dasas ticktobe atthei ndust
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orthes portwith.Thea i
m oft hi
ss urveyist osta
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sal
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spondants
hel
da‘ lead’,‘
senior’
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her’posi
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Repor
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Summary
69% ofs
taffwe
reunde
rthea
geof35. Sta
ffwhowereemployedi
nrugbyf
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tohav
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St
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,Se
niororLeadposi
ti
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ac
count
edfort
hre
equarte
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spondent
s. Theavera
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,staffi
nEnglandwe r
epaid
£46.
6k/$89.6c ompa r
edto£45.4k/$87.
3k,£44k/
Themajor
it
yofsta
ffr e
spondent
sha
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ars $84.
6k,£43.3k/$83.2k,£43.
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t
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and,Scotl
and,Wal
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Aust
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pe cti
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ponde
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ter
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acade
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d£17. 4k/$33.4*,£30. 7k/$59k*,£36.9k/$70.9k*,
£35k/$67. 3k*and£40. 5k/$77.8k*mor ethan
Almosthal
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n‘Se nior’
,‘Lead’,‘
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egular’
ac
credit
ati
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rsal
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17–18sand£9. 8/$18.
5kmor etha
nt hoseworki
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rtendedtohaveahighers
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The
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Thenexttwopagesdeta
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redthesur
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si n‘lead’
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nior’or‘headof’posit
ionsde-
f
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lsurve
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pitethea mountofs t
affunde rtheageof35.77% of
youngindus
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sunde rthe r
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doneoft hoseti
tle
s.
ageof35.
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y,i
twouldseemt hatthereareahi gerper-
Thisda t
aa l
somi rrorsthedatashowni nt hef ootbal
l centa
geofmor eexperi
encedpra c
tit
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surveywhe nitcome st opr
ofessi
onala cc
redi t
a t
ions. unioncomparedtoBr i
ti
shfootball
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46% ofr e
sponde ntsdonotha vea nyaccredi t
ation. st
affha dabove11y e
arsexperie
nc einfootballwhen
Again,doesthishighlightalackofbuyi nt othe coma pa
redto24% inrugbyuni on.
accredi
ati
onpr ocessfrom bothadmi nist
rationa nd
pract
iti
oners?Howe v
e r,wi
ththatsaid,36% ofr e-
spondentsdohol dUKSCAa ccr
editat
ion.Thi sisin
contrac
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shseniorfootba l
l.

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ht hegrowi ngnumbe rofMa s
terslevelqua l
ific
a-
ti
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tancelearning,iti
snos urpris
ethat76% oft hose
workingi nrugbyhol dthisl e
velofqua li
fication.This

46%
percentageisexa c
t l
ythes amea spreviouslyfoundin
theBr i
ti
s hfootballsurv
e y
.Se ei
ngtha tacrosstwo
sportsconclusivel
ys howst hataMa sterslevelquali
-
ficati
oni sa‘ r
equired’versus‘desi
rable’.
of respondents held no
professional accreditation
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The
Staff

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The
Staff

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Club
Thea i
m wa st
ogetthesurveyint
ot heha ndsofat
l
eastoneme mberofstaffacrosst
heGui nness
Premier
shipandSupe rRugbyleagues.Stafffrom
Pro14clubswhowereba sedinIr
e l
and,Sc ot
land
andWa l
eswe r
eal
soc onta
cted.

42% ofres
pondentswerefrom Engl
and,21% from
Ir
ela
nd,9% from Aust
ral
ia,8% fr
omWa les,a
nd6%
fr
om Ne wZeala
nd.Da t
af r
om inter
nat
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st
affwa snoti
ncludedinthisre
port.

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ket hefootballsurve
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pturedda tafrom
st
a ffina ca
demye nvi
ronme ntsaswe l
la sfir s
ttea
m
environme nts.
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ions
acrossa gegroups.Wi t
ht hatsai
d,70% oft hosewho
responde dwor kedwi t
hs eniorplay
ers,ma ybe
highlighti
ngthenumbe rofj obsatseniorlevel
compa redtoac a
de mies
.

42%
of respondents worked for
clubs that were based
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ary
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epa i
da bov
e£41k
of respondents were paid
above £41,000 (~$78,800)
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edto£45.4k/$87.3k,£44k/
$84.
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