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Click on the links to get more details Coronavirus (Covid-19) update This week’s headlines include the Government Winter Sport Package funding and positive news that grassroots sport, including a format of rugby, will be allowed to resume from Wednesday 2 December across all levels, although there will be some restrictions across the tiers. Both topics are discussed…
We have been working hard with Government to develop a financial support programme for the game as well as permission to return to play when it is safe to do so. Today’s announcement demonstrates Government understands the need for rugby to be supported and we would like to thank everyone we consulted with in the…
Joël Jutge will return to World Rugby as Head of Match Officials after a highly-competitive recruitment process. He will start his role in January, reporting to Director of Rugby and High Performance Joe Schmidt.Hugely experienced, the former international referee re-joins the organisation from EPCR, whom he will continue to support through a busy schedule of…
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…
So much rugby club history gets lost over the decades, making it difficult to track origins or events. However for Black Country club Dudley Kingswinford a labelled notebook in a storage container verified that this of all years is their centenary. “We can pinpoint the club’s beginning to May 1920 because of a book found…
