We would like to point out that it is up to each participant to know and comply with the competition regulations.
Please find a link for the 2024/25 regulations below. We will send you the updated regulations in due course, but it will not have major changes.
https://www.englandrugby.com/run/rules-governance/rfu-rules-and-regulations
For your information, in past competitions, the regulation that have been mostly breached were the following:
- Player Eligibility (more details can be found in the regulations)
- Half-Game rule (more details can be found in the regulations)
- Playing out of Age Grade - Players must play in their correct age grade and can only play outside of that if it is in accordance with the process set out in RFU Regulation 15. For the avoidance of any doubt, each individual player must be appropriately assessed and signed off before they are eligible to play. Failure to follow the process in Regulation 15 could result in removal from the competition.
Please tick the following box, to state that you understand and will abide by the Competition Regulations, Competition match dates and Regulation 15.