| Return to Rugby Please share with coaches, players and RugbySafe leads. This edition includes: 1. RugbySafe, Activate & HEADCASE concussion awareness refresher 2. Age grade law adaptations and annual affiliation 3. Training course booking administration update 4. Diversity and Inclusion hub now live 5. Pitch Up for Rugby including Warrior Camps 6. News round-up including Global Law Trial clarifications and O2 Touch legacy RugbySafe, Activate & HEADCASE Concussion awareness refresher 2021/22  Ahead of the new season, we are sharing a reminder of player welfare resources and training and education programmes. Player welfare is at the heart of all training delivered to coaches, match officials and medics at all levels of the game in England. On the below buttons, you will find RugbySafe summaries for the age grade and adult game. Please share this information as widely as possible before pre-season friendlies start. Age Grade RugbySafe Adult RugbySafe Age grade law adaptations and annual affiliation The Summer Activity Guide includes the introduction of adapted contact laws for up to three fixtures in August. The Age Grade Adapted Contact 15s Law Variations are available on the Summer Activity page. These include the re-introduction of scrums and mauls in a gradual and managed way from Saturday 7 August, following the 3-week training period from Monday 19 July. These adapted laws are the format to be played, (along with non-contact and XRugby formats if preferred), before the age grade game moves back to full contact from Saturday 4 September, when the new season starts. Age grade affiliation and auto-de-affiliation – Wednesday 4 August The annual registration for our age grade players is on the horizon. As recently referenced in Community Game Updates, registration will now be referred to as Affiliation which will be ready from 4 August. We will centrally de-affiliate all age grade players in the Game Management System which many clubs chose to do last year. As before, this will simply turn their status from an active to inactive player. It will not delete any of their data or club and profile links. It enables the parent/player to renew their affiliation simply through logging in, checking their existing details and saving to re-affiliate to their club for the season. There are helpful step-by-step guides for the renewal process and for brand new affiliations on the GMS Help Portal. While most clubs will promote this from September, increasing numbers have said they want to get ahead of the curve. Club Registrars will be able to see this activity through their dashboard and the system-generated reports. Affiliation Renewal GMS Help Portal To read the rest of the update click on the link |
