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RFU Information, February 2009: The RFU has published the new regulations to effect the reduced size of the Level 2 League and the increase in the number of teams in Levels 3 to 7 inclusive. All clubs have been posted this information, but for convenience, click here for 2008/9 promotion and relegation, click here for the 2009/10 structure and click here for the new rules and regulations. If you need any assistance, please contact Jon Dance who wrote the regulations!
Injured Players Foundation:
The RFU have launched the Injured Players Foundation on www.rfuipf.org.uk. In their press release they state that the risk of suffering catastrophic injury while playing rugby union in England is 0.8 per 100,000 people par annum and lower than other sports globally in the following order: American football (1.0 per 100,000 people per annum), swimmimg (1.8), rugby league (2.0), skiing (2.5), ice hockey (4.0), gymnastics (8.2) and horseriding (29.7). Source: Dr Colin Fuller, Centre for Sports Medicine, University of Nottingham - Catastrophic Injuries in Rugby Union: An assessment of risk (July 2007).
Other information: Please see the left hand menu in this section for other items of interest from the RFU. In addition, you can find items such as the 2009/10 Youth Structured Season document in the Clubs, Schools and County Youth parts of the website and a lot of information in the Clubs section on Facilities Funding. And in the JD Column on the main website, you can find reports from RFU Committee meetings with explanations from Jon Dance, our Berkshire County RFU Representative on the RFU Council.
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