The above course has spaces. 31 January 6pm-9pm at Helston RFC.
£10 course fee refunded by Cornwall RFU.
Book via your GMS account.
Principles of Lineout Courses
Please find attached details of this years Principles of the Lineout courses. Booking links included! Please share these with your club contacts. These courses are live on the GMS system now!
Course fees of £10 will be fully refunded by the CRFU.
Cornwall
Liskeard 11th March https://shorturl.at/blnrK
Camborne 27th March https://rb.gy/wqhza4
Honda Volunteer of the Year Awards
The Honda Volunteer of the Year Awards 2024 recognise volunteers for their achievements over the past 12 months.
We want to celebrate all the volunteers who help make rugby happen, whether on the pitch or behind the scenes, and hear about those who make your club or organisation great.
Nominate your volunteers here.(opens in a new tab)
There are so many outstanding volunteers who have really made a difference and the Honda Volunteer of the Year awards provide a great opportunity to say thank you. Find out about last year’s winners here.(opens in a new tab)
This year’s awards include four categories:
Unsung Hero:
An individual or group of volunteers who have gone above and beyond to support the delivery of Rugby
Game for All:
An individual or group of volunteers who have developed an inspiring offer to open the game up to new audiences
Connecting the Community:
An individual or group of volunteers who have gone out of their way to strengthen the club offer within the local community, whether on-field or off
Game Changer:
An individual or group of volunteers who have tried new ways of doing things to improve their club.
Not sure which category to nominate them for? There’s always the option to submit an open nomination. So why not get involved today and say thank you to the exceptional people who make rugby happen!
Nominate your volunteers here.(opens in a new tab)
Nominations close on Friday 16 February (17.00) and If you have any queries regarding the volunteer recognition programme please email VolunteerRecognition@RFU.com
RFU Community Game Update January 2024
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| 1. ACTION REQUIRED Age Grade Registration prize winners and new Prize Draw! Congratulations to the winners of our Age Grade Registration competition! We are now pleased to announce the Age Grade Girls Registration Prize Draw. Prizes include the opportunity to win a training session with an England Red Rose player and £2,000 club kit vouchers, meaning there are five opportunities to win! Honda Volunteer of the Year – Nominations now open! The Honda Volunteer of the Year Awards 2024 recognise volunteers for their achievements over the past 12 months. We want to celebrate all the volunteers who help make rugby happen, whether on the pitch or behind the scenes, and hear about those who make your club or organisation great. |
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| 2. ACTION IF OF INTEREST Club and CB Support and Webinars The RFU provides various ‘off field club support’ services – many of which are free. Find out how to access support on everything from Legal matters to insurance, as well as the wide range of upcoming webinars, in this section. Get Involved with touch to Twickenham After a successful first year in 2023, we are delighted to launch Touch to Twickenham in 2024. With 48 events around the country for U14 and U18 mixed-gendered school and college teams, Touch to Twickenham aims to get more schools and young people engaged with rugby and presents a fantastic opportunity for clubs to link with, and support, their local schools. Your chance to play at Twickenham with Play Together, Stay Together The Twickenham Takeover Day is returning in 2024! Once again eight community teams will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play at the home of England Rugby. Find out how to enter in this section. |
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| 3. FOR AWARENESS Aggravation of Sanctions for all Match Official Abuse (MOA) cases from 1 January 2024 The RFU Head of Judiciary, Richard Whittam KC, has issued guidance to all disciplinary panels that any instance of Match Official Abuse (MOA) will be subject to mandatory aggravation of any sanction by a set number of weeks depending on the level of the offence. The additional weeks will be applied to every level of the adult game. Getting ready for Adult Player Registration Over the next few months, we will be sharing information to help your clubs and players get ready for Adult Player Registration. Further guidance will be shared in February’s Community Game Update. Clubs can start to get ready for Adult Player Registration by making sure that their current registered players have a verified email address and up-to-date personal details on the Game Management System (GMS). The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2024 Prohibited List The WADA 2024 Prohibited List came into effect on 1 January 2024. The Prohibited List details what substances and methods are banned in sport and applies to all players regardless of the level at which they play. Community News – monthly round up In case you missed them, check out some of the top community rugby stories over the last month from the England Rugby website. READ ONLINE > |
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Match Official Abuse from 1st January 2024
The RFU Head of Judiciary has issued new guidelines in respect of Match Official Abuse cases as and from 1st January 2024.
The CRFU policy of adding 1 week aggravation to proven cases has now been replaced by a national aggravation policy, which CRFU Disciplinary will be implementing immediately. The aggravation sanctions are now much more severe!
These new regulations DO NOT apply to Age Grade rugby. Therefore the CRFU 1 week aggravation for cases of Match Official Abuse will continue to be applied in any Age Grade cases.
Please read and take note of the new guidance in the link
Bill Hooper
CRFU Discipline Secretary
Merry Christmas to One & All
CRFU President Andy Reed and all the officers at Cornwall RFU, wish everyone throughout the game in Cornwall and beyond a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Nadelik Lowen, ha, Blydhen Nowydh Da.
Season of Goodwill at Perranporth
Perranporth RFC social secretary Joe Martin has been organising food collections over the last few weeks, a mix of Brewers players ‘bring and thing’ and donations from players led to a bumper food bank collection.
Perran Community Support, which runs the Community Fridge each week, said: “We are so very grateful to the members of the Rugby Club for their fundraising efforts that resulted in the mountain of festive goodies and other foods presented to us last Saturday – all of which will give our clients a better and happier Christmas. Thank you all so much!”.
Very proud of the lads for thinking of people less fortunate at Christmas.
Stevie Arthur Chairman PRFC
Well done to all at Perranporth showing great community spirit at what can be a very difficult time of the year for far too many fellow citizens.
Cornwall Under 18s score 6 tries in Somerset win
Match Report – Cornwall U18’s 30 v Somerset 5
17th December 2023 @ Hartpury College
Report by: Oscar Marr
The boys made their second trip to Hartpury to take on a physical Somerset side in their penultimate game of the SW tournament.
With better conditions the team got off to a flyer, with Sam Vickery going over early to give the lads an early lead. High physicality in defence led to errors from Somerset which were swiftly converted into points from the Cornwall boys. With just under 15 minutes played Sam Vickery went over for his second to push the lead to 10 points.
After the strong start from the pack the backs were eager to show what they could do with the remainder of the first half, a slick combination of moves led to Harry Rigg crashing over to strengthen Cornwall’s grip on the game.
The first half ended in positive fashion as a 4th try was scored by Aaron Jones, and a passion in defence continued to show, leaving Somerset scoreless at the end of the half.
With the beginning of the second half the team were keen to show more of the same and carry the
momentum through to the final whistle. Cornwall started off the half positively but attacking flourishes
were blundered with minor mistakes in crucial areas. However, they stuck to it, and a dominant scrum
followed by a moment of magic from Jowan Wilding led to a length of the pitch score. After this the second half was played in similar fashion to the first. A strong set piece, paired with a precise and pacey back line continued to pile on the pressure. Unfortunately, a lot of the pressure went to waste. With the theme of silly mistakes making the job hard work.
The momentum inevitably swayed and Somerset dug out a try through some brutal play from their forwards. Once again, the boys bounced back and the second half was finished on a high note as backs play was finished off in the corner by Oscar Marr.
The game finished 30 points to 5 in favour of the Cornish lads, another strong performance. In a game
riddled with mistakes, moments of brilliance shone through constantly in a convincing win which was
enjoyed by all involved.
Squad: Dan Bennett, Aaron Jones, Sam Vickery, Bailey Hadfield, Seb Dash, Jude Hardy, Ashton Rowe, Jack
Jenkin, Fin Stuart, Olly Pellow, Ted Kullich, Harvey Brough, Harry Rigg, Callum Phillips, Jowan Wilding,
Charles Byron, Joe Court, Jack Green, Issac Jago (Capt), Kaea Griffiths, Ross McKnight, Pierce Ford, Oscar Marr.
Tries: Vickery (2), Rigg, Wilding, Jones, Marr.
Coaches: Andy Hawken, LJ Colick.
RFU Community Game Update December
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| 1. ACTION REQUIRED Age Grade Registration – Beat the 45 day deadline! With over 160,000 Age Grade players registered, it’s been a great start to the season. However, with the season starting in September, most unregistered Age-Grade players are now beyond the 45 day deadline and their club is now operating outside of the regulations. Access help with registration and discover incentives in this piece. Your chance to play at Twickenham with Play Together, Stay Together The Twickenham Takeover Day is returning in 2024! Once again eight community teams will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play at the home of England Rugby. Find out how to enter in this section. |
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| 2. ACTION IF OF INTEREST Want to be a part of the Governance and Representation Review Group? Earlier this year, the RFU Council agreed to form a Governance and Representation Review group to review the RFU’s Governance structure. We are now inviting expressions of interest from the wider community to be a part of the group. Have you accessed our Grant Search Tool yet? Our free to use grant search facility allows you to search through the thousands of grants and loans that could help your club. Honda Volunteer Hospitality registrations for Guinness Six Nations As part of the Honda Volunteer Recognition Programme, club volunteers who already have match tickets to one of England’s Six Nations home fixtures can register for up to four tickets each for pre-match hospitality. Find out more in this section. Represent your Premiership Club at the Gallagher Premiership Final 2024 Premiership Rugby are giving sixteen young fans the chance to become part of the match day build-up as flag-bearers when the two finalists run out centre-stage. Register your interest in this section. |
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| 3. FOR AWARENESS The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2024 Prohibited List The WADA 2024 Prohibited List comes into effect on 1 January 2024. The Prohibited List details what substances and methods are banned in sport and applies to all players regardless of the level at which they play. RFU Annual Report 2022/23 Last week the RFU published its Annual Report for 2022/23. Read the key summary and highlights in this piece. DCMS Evaluation of Sport Survival Package The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published an independent evaluation report into the Sport Survival Package initiated during the pandemic. The report highlights the significant investment that Rugby Union secured from this fund. Safeguarding Bulletin December’s Safeguarding Bulletin includes details of how the Safeguarding Team is following up with clubs following the club safeguarding audit, the DBS Update Service going live, a reminder on how to share concerns, and what’s to come in 2024. Coming Soon – England Rugby Advanced Coaching Workshop 2024/25 The England Rugby Advanced Coaching Workshop webinar will be going live for booking from 19 January. The completion of this webinar is essential to be able to book onto Part 1 of the England Rugby Advanced Coaching Award – Developing Advanced Coaching Practice. Thank you for joining our Adult Player Registration engagement sessions We would like to thank everyone who signed up to take part in the Adult Player Registration online engagement sessions held throughout October. Find out more about what happened at the sessions in this section. Heartfelt thanks from the Injured Players Foundation The IPF team have been reflecting on the year and want to say a massive THANK YOU for all the support you, your clubs and players have given us throughout 2023. Community News – monthly round up In case you missed them, check out some of the top community rugby stories over the last month from the England Rugby website. READ ONLINE > |
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Tanya Thomas takes up new CRFU role
Cornwall Rugby Football Union are delighted to announce the appointment of Tanya Thomas to the Management Board within a new role which has responsibility for Commercial Development.
Tanya is very much looking forward to working with her new colleagues and being part of a successful season.
Contact details;
Tanya Thomas
Commercial Development CRFU
Email: commercial-development@crfu.co.uk
Mobile: 07985404987
