Unit Rugby Officer

Unit Rugby Officers have an important role to play in Community Rugby and therefore should be familiar with:

• ARU Policy – Covering policies on: Membership, Health and Safety, Overseas Touring, Combined Service Selection, Player’s Charter, ARU Policy on Cross-Code Activity.
• Affiliation and Insurance – Obtaining ARU/RFU affiliation and Insurance to enable your team to play and enter competitions held by the ARU.
• Coaching training – Coaching courses.
• Competitions – A list of the competitions and their associated rules.
  • Community Cup/Shield
  • Premiership Cup (formerly the ‘Army Cup’)
  • Corps Championship (formerly the ‘Merit Tables’)
  • Corps Competition
  • Army Seven-a-side Tournament
  • Women’s Corps League
  • Southern League
  • BA (G) Competitions
• Competitions fixtures – The structure fixture list for all ARU competitions.
• Book a Ref – Procedures for booking a referee.
• Discipline – Discipline procedures.
• Health & Safety – Game Health & Safety requirements and Risk Assessments.
• RFU Notices – Notices issued by the RFU which have a direct bearing on the playing of rugby union in the Army.
• Touring Instructions – Instructions on how to apply for permission to take a team touring.

Instructions for, and entitlement to, travel at public expense for Army Sport are contained in Defence Instructions and Notices (DIN) Public Expense for Army Sport (2006 DIN02-245) dated August 2006

Other References include:
JSP 742
2006DIN02-167
ASCB 117 dated 3 Dec 04 (Army)
ASCB 117 dated 3 Dec 04 (Corps)

Full details of the Community Rugby programme can be found in the ARU Handbook.