Rugby Georgia
Rugby Georgia can help your team during your season. High School games should always have an accredited referee officiating. During SYRO seasonal games Rugby Georgia will either pay for referees directly or reinburse clubs out-of-pocket expense for referees. The same is true for medics during in-season play.
Rugby Georgia will also reimburse coach and referee certifications for those that actively apply those accreditations during the season by coaching or refereeing at the club level.
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Safety & Conduct
SYRO puts the safety of our athletes as our top priority and we work in partnership with our clubs and teams to ensure our policies are implemented. As a club administrator, you should be very familiar with the Player Welfare Program. Admins should also have a system of verifying that your coaches understand and are following the safety requirements, which include athletic trainer requirements, concussion policy, field set-up/Technical Zone requirements, etc.
It is also critically important that our member clubs are continually educating and reinforcing the positive ethos of rugby within their own communities, including implementing disciplinary action for Code of Conduct violations, as appropriate.
World Rugby publishes and maintains a Player Health and Welfare Site. It contains valuable information so that you may enjoy rugby for decades.
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Hosting an Event
Visit this link first. Here you will find the policies and guidelines that regulate and administer rugby.
“Any Match, Series of Matches, tour or tournaments which does not fully comply with the requirements of the Bye-Laws, Regulations and Laws of the Game shall be deemed unofficial. The Union within whose territory such an unofficial event takes place (and the visiting Union or Unions) and/or the Union or Unions of participating Provincial, County, District, Clubs or Rugby Bodies will be held responsible and will be liable to sanction in accordance with the Regulations and/or Bye-Laws.” — World Rugby Regulation 16.2.8
Per USA Rugby: “Any rugby activities held without the sanction of USA Rugby will be considered non-compliant with World Rugby regulations. As such, any certifications or qualifications tied to World Rugby would be considered invalid, and no tie would exist to the World Rugby rules of the game or disciplinary standards. A sanction for a non-member team to play a member team will not be unreasonably withheld if certain criteria are met. USA Rugby is happy to provide this information per request; however, it is important to note that sanctioning does not provide accident or liability insurance to a non-member team for the match, nor does it confer any other member benefits beyond allowing the match to occur.”
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Compliance
Outlines for player eligibility and field requirements, maximum player times by age group are outlined.
High School Waiver for 14 Year Olds.