Premiership Rugby’s #MakeThatCall Campaign Encourages People To Connect

Premiership Rugby is helping to keep its fans connected and motivated with players phoning supporters and is asking for people to reach out and call someone.

Wasps Rugby – based in Coventry - devised the #MakeThatCall campaign, which launched last week, with the aim of supporting their fans during this crisis. From NHS workers to other critical key workers and vulnerable people including the elderly, #MakeThatCall encourages people to connect.

Celebrity Gregg Wallace, a life-long Wasps supporter, has joined the campaign to ask people to call someone who would appreciate it – particularly with the Easter weekend ahead.

Harlequins, Leicester Tigers, Saracens, Bath Rugby, Exeter Chiefs and Gloucester Rugby are among Premiership Rugby clubs to join the #MakeThatCall campaign. Led by Wasps, the Premiership clubs wanted to help ease the pain that isolation can cause and encourage everyone to #MakeThatCall to their elderly relatives, friends and neighbours as well as to people who are doing all they can to help contribute to the national fight against the virus.

Premiership Rugby CEO, Darren Childs, endorsed #MakeThatCall: “I’m so proud of this campaign from Premiership Rugby’s players and clubs who support their communities right across the country. The past weeks have been tough for us all, but making these calls to our supporters, and hearing these heart-warming stories have kept us all going. We can all make a difference to someone, and we hope to support many more people over the coming weeks with this campaign.”