The schools where England’s rugby league and union players are made

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The schools where England’s rugby league and union players are made

Castleford and Sedbergh are very different schools that exist in very different worlds, but they both achieve rugby excellenceBy Gavin Willacy for No Helmets RequiredIn a setting whose gasp-inducing beauty would be hard to beat in world sport, hundreds of pupils switch from their green tweed blazers to sports kits to spend four afternoons a week having rugby, football, netball and hockey lessons. But mainly rugby. For this is Sedbergh, one of th…