Playing out of Age Grade

For assessment and approval of 17 year olds playing adult rugby

Click for the club guide to playing out of age grade

Regulation 15 > 15.6 Playing Adult Rugby

15.6.1 Subject to 15.7, players can play and train in adult contact rugby when they reach their seventeenth birthday provided the following conditions are met:

(a) the player does not train or play in the front row of the contested scrum. Once a player has reached the age of 18, the player may play in any position;

(b) the RFU Safeguarding Policy and RFU Regulation 21 are complied with;

(c) the Club has an appointed Safeguarding Officer and is approved by its Constituent Body to play 17 year old males and/or females in adult rugby for the Season by completing the online Playing Adult Rugby – Club Approval Form and process. Click here for Club approval

(d) the player has been assessed as capable of playing with adults and the school/college/ club’s assessment has been countersigned and approved by the adult club’s Constituent Body to play adult rugby until their 18th birthday by completing the online Playing Adult Rugby – Player Approval Form and process. Click here for Player approval.