Level 3 Guidelines For Clubs and Schools

All rugby clubs and schools must have a COVID-19 Health & Safety Plan in place and up-to-date in order to take part in any rugby activity.

All COVID-19 Guidelines are drawn from government and public health authority guidelines.

Rugby in Northern Ireland is not affected by this update. A circuit breaker is in effect meaning clubs are not permitted to train until December 11^th at the earliest.

Please note under direction from the Return to Sport Expert Group, schools rugby and Energia All-Ireland League rugby are not classified under Professional & Elite Sport.

The IRFU is continuing to work with government stakeholders to ensure a full resumption of rugby at all levels of the game when it is safe to do so.

A full definition of Professional & Elite Sport is available on the Sport Ireland website here. 

Published: May 25th, 2020

Updated: November 30th, 2020