The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) invested a record £22.1m into the game at all levels during the year to July 2013.

Publishing its annual report, WRU said it has allocated £4.0m into grassroots rugby, while the cost of elite rugby went up 2 per cent to a figure of £4.2m.

Included within the £22.1m are one-off investments of £1.3m into the community game, mainly through facilities grants, and £1.0m made available to the four Regions to fund player recruitment, retention and development.

As a result of the investment in grassroots, WRU said there were now 2,000 new junior players involved in the game.

WRU reported a total turnover of £61m for the year, with pre-tax profits at £29.1m - up from £27.6m the year before.

The see the full results of the WRU annual report, click here.