Important Age-grade tackle law

Development Squad After many applications and various fitness tests we are pleased to announce the DS for this season will be as follows: Lead Coaches: Neil Reid-Warrilow, Pete Brudenell, Will Hemming Level 7 and below: Lewis Courtney, Ben Price, Callum Crouch, Tristan Kawalek, Dylan Gough Level 6 / associate members: Leigh French, Leonie Pryor, Marius…

Who’s the Ref website All Societies use Who’s the Ref for appointments but the company is expanding what it can now offer us. Some of the additional services include: We need someone, in the first instance who is quite computer literate, to advise the Board on the detail of what is actually on offer, the…

As we move to the next stage of the Government lifting lockdown, we feel it is really important to provide a reminder for what our match officials can referee. The updated Return to Community Rugby Roadmap  is available on the England Rugby Coronavirus webpages. The only formats of the game we can currently officiate are, Ready4Rugby, O2 Touch & Tag…

In the first of hopefully several posts over the coming weeks, this is to let you know about the following update to our website: There is now a section entitled ‘Useful Refereeing Documents’, which contains downloadable forms for e.g red cards, serious injury reports etc, all in one place There are also useful links on…

RFU headlines Handling positive Covid-19 cases We are currently liaising with Public Health England (PHE) to seek additional clarity on the process and requirements for a club to follow in the event of a positive Covid-19 case within their club. In the case where a positive test is a player, providing all rugby activities that…

RFU Cluster Fixture Proposals Following the decision from the RFU Council to cancel the 20/21 League Season for Men’s (Level 3 and below) and Women’s (Level 2 and below) RFU Leagues, plans have been developed to instigate local cluster fixtures, to help facilitate a return to contact rugby when permitted to do so (hopefully in…