GreaterSport does not have a dedicated Rugby Union development officer, but works closely with the RFU to support the development of the game across Greater Manchester.
If you're interested in getting involved in Rugby Union, the information below should help you find what you're looking for. If not, please contact GreaterSport and we'll do our best to help.
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National Governing Body: The Rugby Football Union (RFU)
Since 1871 the Rugby Football Union has been working hard for the game of rugby. It is the governing body for the Game in England and membership has grown to comprise of approximately 2000 clubs, 27 Constituent Bodies (Counties), the Armed Forces, and Oxford and Cambridge Universities and Students on the principle of one member, one vote. To administer every facet of the game, the RFU currently has over three hundred permanent staff working from its headquarters in Twickenham and in its regional Schools and Referees centre in Wolverhampton.
RFU Mission Statement
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To promote and govern rugby union in England through maintaining stable structures for the game that enable its successful development at all levels for the benefit of its participants
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To be world leaders through excellence in every aspect of the elite game
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To promote and develop the game within the community so as to encourage optimum participation and enjoyment at every level
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To be commercially and financially the strongest Union in the world to provide the investment resource necessary to achieve our aspirations for the game
NGB website: www.rfu.com/index.htm
NGB contact details for Greater Manchester:
Tom Mapp
RFU Rugby Development Officer - Greater Manchester
Broughton Park RUFC
Hough End Crescent (off Mauldeth Road West)
Chorlton
Manchester
M21 7SX
07736 517 730
Club Accreditation Scheme: Seal of Approval
Community Rugby has introduced the Seal of Approval accreditation programme as a method of examining, maintaining and improving the provision of rugby in the youth section of a rugby club. Building upon current good practice, the accreditation aims to recognise the effort and achievement of those clubs that reach, maintain and improve on the required standard of a club committed to the programme.
Community Rugby has worked with Sport England to integrate the Seal of Approval accreditation with the Sport England Clubmark scheme to ensure that the safe, effective, child-friendly club standards are met. Any club awarded the Communtiy Rugby Seal of Approval would already have achieved Clubmark accreditation.
Visit the RFU’s club management pages
Women & Girls in Rugby Union
Check out the Official RFUW home page.
Here you can find information on women's and girls' rugby in England from the grassroots to our England squads.
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