AGE GRADE REGISTRATION

A big thanks once again to all parents and club volunteers who have completed and driven Age Grade Registration so far this season.  We have now reached 162,000 registered players, compared to a total of 178,000 in the whole of last season.

Registering all club age grade players each season is an important regulation of our sport.  It means we have a clear record of children and young people playing in our clubs for our safeguarding responsibilities as a sport and we are able to measure growth and put our support where it is most needed across our playing population.

A reminder that if players are not registered within 45 days of the start of their playing season, their club is operating outside the regulations of the sport.  New players who have joined in recent weeks still have a 6-week opportunity to try out rugby before they commit to registering, but for all those players who started the first couple of weekends of September, 45 days has now passed and they must be registered.

While most clubs have embedded and supported age grade registration, there are some still to do so.  Our data shows that the level of girls registrations is behind expectations in particular.  We need your support to complete any outstanding registrations immediately and will be following up directly with clubs with unregistered players from this point.