RFU Corona Virus Update
- Friday 5th March 2021
Latest RFU News 5th March 2021
Following Government’s national recovery plan from Covid-19 pandemic, the RFU have announced that as of 29 March, community rugby clubs may hold contact training sessions, excluding scrums and mauls, and host Ready4Rugby, O2 Touch and Tag rugby matches between clubs. This applies to adult and age grade players. Contact should be built incrementally and RFU guidance will include that training sessions should not exceed 20 minutes of contact at this stage.
After four weeks of contact training to enable players to build fitness levels and condition themselves physically, matches with adapted laws (no scrums or mauls) will be permitted against other local clubs from 26 April (Stage D2 on the roadmap). It will be clubs’ and players’ individual choice as to whether they play adapted contact or continue with Ready4Rugby, O2 Touch or Tag rugby.
Read more from the RFU <here>.
Latest RFU News 5th January 2021
Following Government’s national lockdown announcement to counter the steep rise in Covid-19 infections, all community rugby activity in England is suspended until further notice.
In line with current Government policy, all adult and age grade rugby training and fixtures must stop. This means we return to Stage A on the Return to Community Rugby Roadmap for all players. Outdoor organised sport for disabled people is allowed to continue.
Read more from the RFU <here>.
Latest RFU News 1st December 2020
Due to the England easing of covid-19 restrictions from Wednesday 2nd December, the RFU Return to Rugby Roadmap has moved forward to Phase E.
Also, from Friday 18th December - Community rugby can start with adaptations to the 15-a-side contact game.
Read more from the RFU <here>.
RFU News 5th November 2020
Due to current England covid-19 restrictions, the RFU Return to Rugby Roadmap has moved back to Phase A. Also, the RFU Council has made the difficult decision to cancel the Adult Competitive Leagues (Level 3 and below for Men, Level 2 and below for Women) for the 2020/21 season. They believe that, even if a return to full contact rugby becomes possible, playing a meaningful competitive league season resulting in promotion and relegation is no longer feasible.