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Community Rugby Activity in England reverts to Stage A

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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.

Community rugby includes all levels below the Greene King IPA Championship (scheduled to restart in March) and the Allianz Premier 15s and Gallagher Premiership, which follow elite sport return protocols.

Click here for a summary of what is and isn’t allowed during the national lockdown. The new restrictions become law on Wednesday 6 January, but people should follow them as of now.

There is an exemption in place that allows elite sportspeople (and their coaches if necessary, or parents/guardians if they are under 18) – or those on an official elite sports pathway – to compete and train.

Indoor gyms and sports facilities will remain closed. Outdoor sports venues, including rugby clubs, outdoor gyms, tennis courts, golf courses, swimming pools, archery/driving/shooting arenas and riding arenas must close.

What exercise can I do?

People can only leave their home to exercise, and not for the purpose of recreation or leisure.

You can continue to exercise alone, with one other person from outside your household, or with your household or support bubble.

This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.

You should maintain social distancing while exercising.

Organised outdoor sport for disabled people is allowed to continue.

You can exercise in a public outdoor place including:

● parks, beaches, countryside accessible to the public, forests
● public gardens (whether or not you pay to enter them)
● the grounds of a heritage site
● playgrounds

While this is not the way we hoped to start 2021, we all need to play our part and strictly adhere to Government guidance over the next few weeks. This will help to protect our communities and to enable the vaccine to be as effective as possible, so we can all begin to return to a more normal way of life, including rugby, in the coming months.

We would like to thank you all once again for your commitment and resilience in the face of adversity. We appreciate the support you have provided for your rugby communities and thank you for your understanding during the toughest of times, for the sport and society as a whole.

We will continue to monitor guidance and to progress negotiations with Government to finalise plans for release of financial support from the Winter Sport Survival Package.

If you have any queries, please visit our Coronavirus advice & support page or contact ClubSupport@RFU.com.

Online training sessions for age grade players (and adults if wished!)

A reminder of online training sessions run by England Rugby for age grade players during November’s lockdown can be found below. These sessions can also help young players to stay active at home during these latest restrictions.

‘Get Your Shirt On’ is a series of workout sessions led by former England players and aimed at the 6-18 age grades. Ugo Monye, Danielle Waterman and Danny Care have taken it in turn to put viewers through their paces.

With community rugby currently at Stage A on the Return to Rugby Roadmap, it’s important for players to continue to stay active, even if it’s from home.

Week One Ugo Monye
Session 1 – (U10s and below)
Session 2 – (U11s to U14s)
Session 3 – (U15s and above)

Week Two Nolli Waterman
Session 1 – (U10s and below)
Session 2 – (U11s to U14s)
Session 3 – (U15s and above)

Week Three Danny Care
Session 1 – (U10s and below)
Session 2 – (U11s to U14s)
Session 3 – (U15s and above)

CRFU Postpone Competitions Until Further Notice

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THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL CLUBS TODAY

You will have seen the news that the county has moved into tier 3 with all that that entails. You may also have seen the RFU guidance to tier 3 and the implications of that.
The CRFU have taken a responsible view all through Covid and I hope you’ll agree we have not only kept clubs informed as to RFU developments but also offered assistance to any club who has either asked or needed it. For that reason we wanted to act quickly on the above.

As a constituent body we think it would be fool hardy to endorse any form of competition and to that aim have suspended the start of our clusters until end of January when we will update. I know this will be disappointing to some but please think of the big picture. The County has already had players tested positive, and I’m sure we all want to support our NHS, with cases on the increase.
To that aim the colts, U16s and the County DPP will also be suspended until 31st January when the position will be reviewed.The Govt are reassessing the situation in a fortnight and we of course will be guided by any changes.

The situation now is simple, as a CB we can not stop you playing  friendlies but we would urge you to consider the possible consequences. The RFU allow this but with strict restrictions, please see their website
2020 has been an awful year for us all, let’s hope 2021 is better for all sport and especially Cornish rugby.


Saunts 
Chairman CRFU

Tony

Chairman Youth & Education CRFU

Message from Dave Saunter on Tier 3 announcement + RFU update

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Today’s tier 3 announcement will not come as a surprise to many, numbers are on the rise and need to be controlled. Please follow Tier 3 regulations from midnight tonight. As an Management Board we have discussed the current situation, but we will  await an update from the RFU and then give our guidance on possible rugby in the County. If no update we will post by 1st January at the latest.

Please be patient.

Regards, 
Saunts

Chairman CRFU 

Tier 3 and Tier 4 Update from RFU

Following this afternoon’s Government announcement that the majority of the country will move into Tiers 3 and 4 as of 00.01 tomorrow morning, we wanted to provide a reminder of Tier implications for community rugby for you to be able to share with your clubs and to help with any queries you may receive in the coming days.

Please see below for guidance on what can and can’t be done in each Tier. While these continue to be extremely difficult times for everyone involved, it was a huge boost to hear Government say that today’s approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is the single biggest stride we’ve been able to take since the pandemic began and will provide a route out of the crisis.

However, for now, with the new variant of the virus estimated to be over 50% more transmissible than the original, it is vital that we all adhere to Tier and Covid-19 guidance until we reach a stage where restrictions can gradually be lifted.

Please see below for a reminder around travel and match play in each tier:

Adult Rugby

  • Adult players living in Tier 3 can only travel within their own specific Tier 3 area to train or play. (See above for Government website areas)
  • Adult players living in Tier 3 cannot travel into another Tier 3 area (or other Tiers) to train or play (which includes their own club if it is in a different geographic area).
  • Adult rugby is not permitted in Tier 4. 

Age Grade

At the time of writing, the following still applies. We will advise of any changes if we receive an update from Government in the next few days.

  • Age grade players may, due to Government exemptions for U18s, travel across tiers 1-3 to train or play and can be accompanied by one parent or carer. However, to protect all involved, we strongly recommend that wherever possible training and match play follows adult guidelines.  
  • Age grade players in Tier 4 may only travel within their specific Tier 4 area to train or play and may only be accompanied by one parent or carer.
  • Volunteers (including coaches and match officials) may travel across Tiers 1-3, where necessary, to enable participation to take place. However, to protect all involved, we strongly recommend this is kept to an absolute minimum. 
  • Volunteers (including coaches and match officials) living in Tier 4 should only travel within their specific Tier 4 area to enable participation to take place for U18s ONLY.
  • Additional exemptions are in place for people with a disability.  

We will update you when we receive further information from Government and will work hard to enable as many people as possible to return to rugby when it is safe to do so.

While it’s not the way many of us would wish to start 2021, the priority is to keep everyone safe. We wish you all a healthy New Year and will be in touch again soon.

RFU support for clubs regarding New Tiers announced yesterday

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We hope that you are well, safe and looking forward to the festive period no matter where you are.

With the speed that the tiers are changing, we would hope that you could share the following with your clubs so that they are fully aware of the guidance around their tiers, and to help you with any queries that you might have in the coming days and weeks.

·        With areas entering new tiers, we would like to make sure everyone is aware of the guidance around what can and can’t be done.

·        You can find this on our Club Hub Support page (https://www.englandrugby.com/participation/running-your-club/club-support-centre/helpdesk-faqs )
and the Coronavirus Hub (https://www.englandrugby.com/participation/running-your-club/coronavirus/coronavirus-resources )

·        In relation to tier 4, we issued the following advice on the RFU website and Government guidance can be found here.

·        If you are unsure on what tier you are currently in or will be going in, you can find it here using the Government website https://www.gov.uk/guidance/full-list-of-local-restriction-tiers-by-area#tier-4-stay-at-home

·        Given the latest news is that the new strain of the virus is 70% more transmissible we recommend that if you are in a Tier 4 area, clubs should cancel any upcoming training/fixture. However, this does mean rugby activity can continue for U18s.

As a reminder here guidance around travel and match play around the tiers:

·       Adult players living in Tier 1 or Tier 2 can travel within and between Tier 1 and Tier 2 areas to train or play.  

·       Adult players living in Tier 1 or Tier 2 cannot travel into a Tier 3 area to train or play. 

·       Adult players living in Tier 3 can travel within their own specific Tier 3 area to train or play. 

·       Adult players living in Tier 3 cannot travel into another Tier 3 area, nor into a Tier 1 or Tier 2 area, to train or play. 

·       Adult rugby is not permitted in Tier 4 

·       Age grade players may, due to Government exemptions for U18s, travel across tiers 1-3 to train or play. However, to protect all involved, we strongly recommend that wherever possible training and match play follows adult guidelines.  

·       Age grade players from Tiers 1 or 2 can be accompanied by one parent or carer from, or into, a Tier 3 area to train or play.  

·       Age grade players in Tier 4 may only travel within their specific Tier 4 area to train or play and may only be accompanied by one parent or carer.

·       Volunteers (including coaches and match officials) may travel across Tiers 1-3, where necessary, to enable participation to take place. However, to protect all involved, we strongly recommend this is kept to an absolute minimum. 

·       Volunteers (including coaches and match officials) living in Tier 4 may only travel within their specific Tier 4 area to enable participation to take place for U18s ONLY.

·        Additional exemptions are in place for people with a disability.  

Naturally, as we understand and hear more from Government we will update accordingly  

We hope that everyone has an enjoyable time and stays safe in the hope that we can return to rugby as soon as possible.

Cornwall to move to Tier 2 on Boxing Day

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In Tier 2, Clubhouses must close unless they operate as if they were a restaurant. This means serving substantial meals, like a main lunchtime or evening meal. They may only serve alcohol as part of such a meal and all food and drink to be ordered and consumed at the table. Tables can only be same household and takeaway must be eaten or drunk off the club premises.

RFU Guidance in link

Nadelik Lowen ha Bledhen Nowyth Da

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The President, Chairman, Officers and members of the Management Board of the Cornwall RFU wish everyone involved with rugby in Cornwall a very Merry Christmas and warmest best wishes for the New Year.

Our Chairman Dave Saunter wishes to add the following;

Hi all 
In what can only be described as an extraordinary year I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a rugby filled 2021 on behalf of the management board.

The news continues to be filled with COVID-19 and you’ll all be aware that Cornwall will move into Tier 2 on Boxing Day. I hope all who have their traditional derbies and President matches have a great day and the weather stays good for you.

Please make sure you abide by RFU laws and those of HM Govt. As a management board we have been very active since March when we entered the first lockdown, meeting every fortnight on Zoom keeping the wheels of Cornish rugby turning. Our final act was to get the fixtures out to you all, to wet the appetite and hopefully they will start up on 16th January.

This will be a sharp learning curve for all including Players coaches and officials. Working with the CRRS will be crucial and I’m sure the refs are as keen as us to experience actual game time.

Mine, and I suggest all the MB laptops will be off for a few days now to spend some quality time with family and loved ones at this special time of year.

To all our clubs, thanks for buying into Project Trelawny and all other communications that may have come your way. We have something very special in Cornish rugby and I am keen to preserve it for all 28 of our clubs.

To you all. “Nadelik Lowen ha Bledhen Nowyth Da.”

Saunts. 

RFU Community Game Update 22nd December

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Coronavirus (Covid-19) update
This week’s headlines include:
1. Return to Play Q&A with Eddie Jones, Bill Sweeney and Steve Grainger
2. Positive Test Guidance under Stage E

Other Updates
3. Cluster Competitions update
4. Mitsubishi Motors Rugby Leadership Networks
5. Community Sevens Tournaments in 2021
6. Update on Club Accreditation
7. Webinars and podcasts
8. Physical and mental wellbeing
9. Schools Kitbag

In this final Community Game Update of 2020, a massive thank you to you all for going above and beyond to keep your clubs and teams going during the toughest of challenges for the game. Your support of rugby communities will never be forgotten and we hope 2021 brings everything you deserve for keeping rugby afloat. On behalf of everyone at the RFU we wish you a happy, healthy Christmas and New Year.

If you are playing matches over the festive period in Tiers 1, 2 or 3, enjoy being back in your teams and have fun on the pitch, while making sure you adhere to the Stage E law adaptations and Government and RFU Covid-19 guidance to keep everyone safe.

For the avoidance of doubt, adult community rugby is not permitted in Tier 4 areas. The Government’s Tier 4 guidance states organised outdoor sport for under-18s and disabled people will be allowed. The Government’s guidelines on travel between tiers should be adhered to. These players cannot move in or out of Tier 4 to train or play.

Guidance and FAQs can be found on the pages below. Please remember, there is no obligation to play 15-a-side fixtures in permitted Tiers. Clubs can still play Ready4Rugby if they prefer.

To read the rest of the update please click on the link
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