Quote garethtaylor15="garethtaylor15"Are you real.? public schools, attitude, less privileged backgrounds etc.... are you living in the dark ages or what.?'"
Leicester Tigers 1st team squad:
(A) # of British players who attended public or independent school = 19
(B) # of British players who didn't attend public or independent school = 2
Northampton 1st team squad:
A = 17
B = 10 (including Ashton & Myler)
Saracens 1st team squad:
A = 10
B = 7
London Irish 1st team squad:
A = 14
B = 6
London Wasps 1st team squad:
A = 19
B = 4
Bath 1st team squad:
A = 15
B = 8
I've only been bothered to look at half of the Guinnes Premiership teams so far but I think you can see a pattern emerging.
Top half of current Guinness Premiership table:
# of British players who attended public or independent school = 94
# of British players who didn't attend public or independent school = 37
If you don't see that Union is a totally different world then you're being incredibly naive