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…
Law changes updateWe wanted to update you on the law changes announced by the Government on Wednesday 9 September in relation to the ban on groups of more than six people meeting socially indoors and outdoors. Although social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England from Monday 14 September, the Government…
The RFRU has been asked to remind Societies as to where we are on the Return to Rugby Pathway. Rugby is at Stage D of the pathway. This means that intra club activity can include some contact work and inter club activity is allowed as a non contact activity. Our strong recommendation is that a…
As you should now know, we are at Phase C of the Return to Rugby Road Map. This means that the only rugby is R4R within clubs. In order to ensure a simple unambiguous message, the RFRU is reinforcing the message to societies that under Phase C no formal appointments should be made. Any involvement…
Following the government’s publication of a framework for return to recreational team sport, we have been working to accelerate the safe return of community rugby. Today we can confirm that our action plan to commence a safe and phased return to grassroots rugby activity has been approved by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and…
