RFU Coronavirus Update 28th July
| Coronavirus (Covid-19) update Please find below the thirty-third edition of our coronavirus (Covid-19) update. Having submitted our Return to Community Rugby Action Plan to the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (‘DCMS’), we hope to announce a move to Stage C on the Return to Community Rugby Roadmap soon. We have also announced dates for the NatWest RugbyForce Weekend. To read the rest of the update click on the link Please visit our dedicated web portal on the England Rugby website to access coronavirus information and updates here. Past editions of these weekly updates can be found on this part of the website. Click here if you need to find a previous edition. |
RFU Community Game Update 21st July
| Coronavirus (Covid-19) update Please find below the thirty-second edition of our coronavirus (Covid-19) update. We have today provided an update on the return to community rugby and funding for the 2020/21 season. To read the rest of the update click on the link Please visit our dedicated web portal on the England Rugby website to access coronavirus information and updates here. Past editions of these weekly updates can be found on this part of the website. Click here if you need to find a previous edition. |
Community Game Update – July 2020
| Content: 1. Current status of Community Rugby 2. Deadline for Diversity & Inclusion volunteer applications – 20 July 3. Running virtual annual general meetings 4. Club Audit 2020 5. Age grade out of season and holiday activities 6. VAT update 7. Eat Out to Help Out scheme 8. Game Management System update Welcome to the July 2020 Community Game Update. We have now reintroduced the monthly edition of this communication to separate Covid-19 weekly updates from general rugby club news. We hope you find the update useful, and if you have any feedback, queries or content that you would like to feature, please email Vee Montebello, RFU Senior Communications Manager (veemontebello@rfu.com). Our communications to you are based on the data that is held in the Game Management System (GMS). To ensure you receive the communications that you want to from the RFU, please check the information held on this system is up to date and active. In addition, if you know of a colleague who should be receiving these updates, but isn’t, please help them to check their details on GMS. This communication is only sent to the roles highlighted in the distribution list above. Please share this communication with others in your club who need to see it. To read the rest of the Update click on the link |
RFU Community Game Update 14th July
| Coronavirus (Covid-19) update Please find below the thirty-first edition of our coronavirus (Covid-19) update. Our discussions with the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Sport England to accelerate a return to community rugby continue. We remain at Stage B on the Return to Community Rugby Roadmap. We will provide further updates when we receive the green light from the government that it is safe for community rugby to restart. While we do not have a date for when community competitions will restart, we will announce league conferences and fixtures for the Adult Male (English Club Championship) 2020-21 season at 5pm tomorrow, (July 15th). To read the rest of the update, click on the link Please visit our dedicated web portal on the England Rugby website to access coronavirus information and updates here. Past editions of these weekly updates can be found on this part of the website. Click here if you need to find a previous edition. |
Return to recreational team sport framework
| The government has announced a framework for the return of recreational team sport which is applicable from Saturday 11 July. This is a welcomed development and a positive step towards the return of some form of competitive rugby. The framework was developed following discussions with other team sports, Sport England and the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The next step is for the RFU to develop it’s own rugby action plan, based on the framework, specifically considering the Coronavirus transmission risk and demonstrating mitigations and any adaptations to the game that are required. This will need to be agreed to by government, PHE and HSE before it can be implemented within clubs. Due to the intrinsic nature of rugby and the proximity of participants, it is recognised that there is the potential for an increased risk of droplet transmission. Working with expert medical advice and applying the activity exposure framework to various formats of rugby, we will update following our discussions with government. In the short term, it is likely that the format of rugby the community game is able to play will be a modified version, not the full 15-a-side game. We will update the game as to when it can move to the next stage of the Return to Community Rugby Roadmap in the coming weeks. For now we remain at Stage B of the roadmap. Under previously announced guidance, Premiership Rugby clubs moved to Stage 2: Elite Sport Return to Training Guidance on Monday 6 July, which allows for the resumption of close contact training. This involves a detailed set of protocols and includes a COVID-19 testing programme. Championship and Premier 15s clubs are eligible to return under the elite guidance should they chose to do so, or can follow the community return to rugby roadmap. We will continue to provide updates to the game throughout the process. Please click below to remind yourself of the RFU’s Return to Community Rugby Roadmap and read the latest framework for the return of recreational team sport announced by the government. Roadmap  Framework |
RFU Community Game Update 7th July
| Coronavirus (Covid-19) update Please find below the thirtieth edition of our coronavirus (Covid-19) update. There’s an update on two enhancements being introduced to the Game Management System for the 2020/21 season and news that a webinar is scheduled for Thursday 9 July to provide more clarity on these developments. To access the rest of the update, click on the link Please visit our dedicated web portal on the England Rugby website to access coronavirus information and updates here. Past editions of these twice-weekly updates can be found on this part of the website. Click here if you need to find a previous edition. |
A message to the Rugby Union Community in England from RFU CEO Bill Sweeney
My thoughts and those of all of us at the RFU are with everyone impacted by COVID-19, both across the country but also within our own rugby union community.
As you will be aware the long-term financial challenges are significant for the whole economy. We like many rugby clubs rely on revenue from matches and events at Twickenham Stadium and we re-invest this revenue back into the game.
Our detailed scenario modelling shows there may be a short-term impact of £107 million in lost revenues and we also know there will be a much longer-term effect. We are projecting a 4-5 year recovery with cumulative revenue reductions of around 20%.
To read the rest of Bill’s message click on the link
RFU Community Game Update, Tuesday 30th June
| Coronavirus (Covid-19) Update Please find below the twenty-ninth edition of our Coronavirus (Covid-19) update. We have now published resources to support those clubs who may wish to re-open their facilities from Saturday 4 July. We have also provided more detailed information regarding a return to competitive playing for the 2020/21 season. To read the rest of the communique please click on the link Please visit our dedicated web portal on the England Rugby website to access coronavirus information and updates here. Past editions of these twice-weekly updates can be found on this part of the website. Click here if you need to find a previous edition. |
RFU Community Game Update – 26th June
| Coronavirus (Covid-19) Update Please find below the twenty-eighth edition of our Coronavirus (Covid-19) update. Today we lead on the plans for competitive matches (league and cup) in the adult and age-grade game next season, once the government gives the go ahead for rugby to restart. To read the full communique click on the link Please visit our dedicated web portal on the England Rugby website to access coronavirus information and updates here. Past editions of these twice-weekly updates can be found on this part of the website. Click here if you need to find a previous edition. |
