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The following important messages have been passed down from the RFU. Please reinforce the guidelines on Referees being involved in Inter Club activity – some evidence from Public Health England in the North East suggests that the increase in infection rates is attributable to Community grassroots Sport. Whilst we would not want to limit the…
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…
The weekend of 12th and 13th September saw several clubs continuing the “longest pre-season” ever with some informal internal competitions using the RFUs Stage D guidelines, and several North Mids YMOs went along to Bridgnorth RFC on the Saturday and Stourbridge Rugby on the Sunday. They gained some good experience of ‘unusual rules’ (!), but…
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…
