Rules, Regulations and Referees

Rules and Laws

All competitions / festivals have or will have RFU approval, where required.

All competitions will be run in accordance with the RFU Continuum for these age groups.

Copies of the RFU Continuum dated August 2010 are available to be downloaded.

Pitch sizes maybe smaller than those stipulated in the RFU Continuum.

Referees
Each club is expected to bring age group referees with them. Age group referees will be scheduled to referee when their teams are not playing so they are able to watch and support them.

Additional referees maybe sought from the local County Referees Society.

Format of the competition

We expect a minimum of 6-8 teams per age group. There will be a league format so every team plays everyother team.

Each team will play three games per day. We expect all age groups to have at least As and Bs.

If there are 6 teams per age group, then over the two days they will all play each other and then there will be a first place playoff, a third place play off and a fifth place play off. So all teams will play 6 games over the two days.

Squad Sizes

Team numbers are in accordance with the RFU Continuum

Playing Numbers

U7 / U8     7 players
U9 / U10   9 players
U11         12 players
U12         13 players
Maximum Squad sizes

U7/U8       12
U9/U10     15
U11/U12   20.

 
Coaches, taking into account the RFU Continuum, can decide how small their squad can be.

The intention is for every player to play rugby in three competitive games per day no matter what level they play. We want clubs to travel with all those in each age group who wish to play.