Good evening all, hope you’re looking forward to the weekend officiating…or keeping warm. They’ll be a few pitch inspections happening over the weekend if the games haven’t been postponed already. Hopefully the warmer weather today and tomorrow will help thaw grounds, as the rest weekends are already being taken up by the flood postponements and…
When a referee whistles a penalty or a free kick, is the ball considered dead, in which case, is a player replacement possible? There are two issues which must both happen for the replacement to occur: The ball is dead The Referee gives permission The award of an FK or PK does not in itself…
RFU Community Game Update: Coronavirus update We are close to revising the rugby roadmap for both age grade and adult rugby ahead of an anticipated return to activity from Monday 29 March. We are optimistic that clubs should be also able to plan Ready4Rugby and limited contact training and Ready4Rugby matches from Monday 29 March,…
Welcome to the last Friday bulletin before Christmas, and the last one of 2021. It’s been a ‘stop-start’ year in terms of rugby, and we hope that 2022 brings a less disrupted year of officiating. Weekend Fixtures, 17-19 December Some important matters relating to this coming weekend’s fixtures. You may have seen that the RFU…
The Mitsubishi Motors Volunteer of the Year Awards 2021 are now open for nominations. As the last 12 months have been unlike any other, this year’s awards will have a new format; with three national award categories, to recognise the work that has gone into keeping not only rugby clubs going, but also local communities,…
This edition includes:1. Recommendation to pause community rugby between 3pm-4pm on Saturday 17 April2. Applications open tomorrow – RUWSF Asset Improvement Loans3. Return to Play – Government Step 2 off-field guidance4. Rugby’s back! Press releases & summer activity5. County Championship survey6. Webinars and videos on demand7. Typhoon RFC – Mental health awareness His Royal Highness…
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