August Bulletin – Tuesday 20th

We need more watchers – thoughts from Phil Carman who is leading on the project. An active rather than passive approach. Someone who can visit local clubs over a period of time (weeks/months?) and make contact with possible watchers and introduce them to the concept of watching. This may in fact, be more than one…

The first two days of these notices have talked about referees; today is about watchers The Society did not have any form of pathway for watchers and that has to change. The Board sees it following an almost identical pattern to a referee. First few games, ideally with an experienced watcher, would be where the…

World Rugby Response to media reports concerning headguards. A World Rugby spokesperson said: “World Rugby and its unions are committed to an evidence-based approach to injury-prevention and while welcoming the study, caution should be exercised when linking the outcomes to a possible reduction in concussion risk as this is yet to be confirmed in extensive…