Yorkshire RFU has two Representatives who are elected by the Clubs in the County to sit on the RFU Council. They also participate in Sub-Committees of the RFU which report to the Community Game Board. Keep checking back on a monthly basis as your Reps keep you up to date with relevant matters from the RFU.

November 2018


The next meeting of RFU Council is not until Friday 8th February 2019. Community Game Board is, currently, meeting on a regular basis, the next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 19th December

Well Done Yorkshire !!  - what a fantastic day, what a fantastic match, what a great crowd !!  Thank you to all who attended the England Women vs Canada Women Quilter International at Castle Park, Doncaster. A crowd of 3,800 was exactly what we needed to show that bringing a match to the North of England guarantees great success and fantastic support. We now look forward to welcoming the Red Roses back to Doncaster in the Spring 2019  when, on Sunday 10th February, they will take on France Women in the 6 Nations Championship. England v France has always been a top match in this tournament and we hope that we can top the 4,000 mark in terms of attendance.

RWC Warm up Matches  - at the meeting on 23rd November Council agreed the prices for Rugby World Cup Warm Up matches next year.

Price
Category

England XV v
Barbarians (02/06/19)
Premium
£50
1
£40
2
£20
Child
£10

England v
Wales (11/08/19)
England v
Ireland (24/08/19)
Premium
£90
1
£80
2
£60
3
£45
4
£25
Child
£15

England v
Italy
(St James’ Park)
(Friday 06/09/19)
Premium
£90
1
£70
2
£45
3
£25
Child
£15

In addition England will play Wales in Cardiff on 17/07/19.

Steven Brown – as you will all be aware Steve Brown has resigned as CEO of the RFU for personal reasons. Without doubt the past six months have been extremely challenging for Steven and Council respected his decision to resign, wishing him well for the future.
Nigel Melville, currently Professional Rugby Director, will become Interim CEO whilst the Board Nominations Committee under the leadership of Dominic Proctor (Senior Independent Non-Executive Director) begins the process to appoint a new CEO.  This is likely to be a lengthy process (most people in this type of role are expected to give nine months notice). The first stage in the process is to appoint a search company and this will probably be achieved in January 2019.

RFU Annual Report – this is due to be released to the general public on 04/12/18. Both Jim and Ted will be happy to answer any questions you have on the Report and Financial Statements.

International Ticket Allocations – Council received and endorsed the following (as part of a wider paper that considered all sections of the Game). To be eligible for a ticket allocation a club must :

·   It must be a voting member of the RFU.
·   Every club receives an initial allocation of 6 tickets.
·   Each club with an aggregate total of 30 players or more at U13 and below
registered on GMS receive an additional 2 tickets.
·   The remainder of tickets being allocated as a percentage of the number of 15-
a-side games (adults to U14s1, male to female) played by the club (over a 2 year
period) of the national total of such games. The GMS Team Management Tool
will be used to collect the number of 15-a-side matches a club plays each season.

In addition the following timetable for implementation was proposed by the International Rugby Ticketing Sub-Committee (IRTSC)

Date
Action
Comments
Nov / Dec 18
Game advised of revised
methodologies, timescales and
actions needed.

Dec Mar 18
RFU local development staff have campaign to increase use of GMS Team Management Tool to record all 15-a-side match results.

System to be used to collect
data for RFU voting clubs. Work has already begun with a
Technical Working Group to
solve any technical issues;
significant initial progress made.

May 19
Based on results of 2018/19
season, IRTSC give clubs,
geographic CBs and referee
societies an indication of their
potential ticket allocations.

IRTSC also need to decide if
transition arrangements are
needed and, if so, what those
might be. If potential allocations are so abnormal or recording results on GMS tile has been poor, IRTSC can review whether to continue.
Sep Nov 19
Communication campaign
reminding clubs of importance of recording their 15-a-side results on GMS Team Management Tile

Jan Mar 20
Clubs eligible for ticket allocation
due to having U13s and below
identified and those just above
criteria verified.

May 20
Ticket allocations for 2020/21 and 2021/22 calculated and used for Autumn Internationals 2020.


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                  County Championship Regulations  - Council passed revised regulations for the U20, Senior and Senior Women County Championships giving delegated authority to a small group to finalise the regulations. One regulation regarded eligibility for all three competitions and stressed that CBs (Counties) are responsible for monitoring the eligibility of players included in County sides. Particularly, with the U20s Jason Leonard Cup where a player can become ineligible if he plays for a Premiership club in the Premiership Rugby Shield.
                 The Regulations should be finalised and distributed to Counties early in the New Year
                 A Review of the County Championships will also be undertaken towards the end of this season. Competitions Development Sub-Committee will discuss Terms of Reference and membership of this review group in the New Year.

                 Competitions Review Meetings – Thank you to those who attended the initial consultation meeting on 8th Nov at West Park Leeds.  The Group, under the chairmanship of Jim Chapman, has had an initial meeting to consider the views expressed at these meetings. A report will be produced and distributed to all clubs at level 7 (Yorkshire Div. 1) and below during December. A further round of meetings will then be held during January.


Activities in November (Jim Chapman)

Date

03
England v South Africa (Twickenham)
06
Competitions Review Consultation (Durham City RFC)
08
Competitions Review Consultation (West Park Leeds)
10
Meeting with Rob Briers/Steve Grainger (Twickenham)
England v New Zealand
12
YRFU Financial AGM (Morley)
14
Yorkshire West District Sub-Committee (Old Brodleians)
15
Community Game Board (Telephone Conference)
17
England v Japan (Twickenham)
18
England Women v Canada (Doncaster RFC)
21
Competitions Review Meeting (Twickenham)
22
Meeting with Paul O’Leary
Meeting with Ben Lowe
Community Game Board – Competitions Priorities
Competitions Development Sub-Committee
Community Game Board  (ALL – Twickenham)
23
RFU Council
24
Meeting with Council Board Members
England v Australia
England Women v Ireland (Twickenham)
28
Area 6 Forum (Headlam Hall)



Activities in November (Ted Atkinson)

Date

03
England v South Africa (Twickenham)
05
Interview with Radio Leeds
06
County Championship Organising Committee (tele-conference)
10
Meeting with Rob Briers/Steve Grainger
England v New Zealand (Twickenham)
14
Central District (Bramley RUFC)
15-16
Education & Age-Grade Sub-Committee (Twickenham)
17
England v Japan (Twickenham)
18
England Women v Canada Women (Doncaster RFC)
21
Player Development Sub-Committee (Twickenham)
22
Meeting with Mark Saltmarsh (Twickenham)
23
RFU Council Meeting (Twickenham)
24
Meeting with Rob Briers
England v Australia (Twickenham)
28
Area 6 Forum (Headlam Hall)



Ted Atkinson & Jim Chapman
November 2018