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Mini rugby, also known as New Image Rugby, is a form of rugby union designed to introduce the sport to children. It uses a smaller ball and pitch than standard rugby, and has eight to ten players a side. [1] [2] Invented in England in 1970, mini rugby was soon taken up by both the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) and the Welsh Rugby Union. [1]
On 10 August 2020, World Rugby decided to retain the 36-month residency requirement for one more year, to 31 December 2021. World Rugby considered that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were too limited playing opportunities for players to meet the residency requirement and have represented their union before the end of the year 2020. [23]
Competitions are held at the U18 and U15 age group levels. At each age level there are several competitions. All fixtures, results and match reports posted on The Rugby Football Union's website. Up until 2015–16, the Vase was awarded for both age groups in a secondary competition for schools knocked out in the early rounds of the Cup.
Junior rugby is played in two three-year-wide age bands, U18 (for ages 15–17) and U15 (for ages 12–14) – younger girls play alongside boys in the RFU's "continuum". These age bands were introduced in 2007 replacing U17 and U14 bands which in turn had replaced U18 and U16 age bands in 2004.
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in 1871, and was the sport's international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World Rugby (WR) in 1886.
Rugby in England is generally attributed to when William Webb Ellis "who with a fine disregard for the rules as ... U18 and U15 age group levels. ... World Rugby ...
for the bottom four teams, a separate group phase, without a play-off, to determine the relegation place; participation in a new British and Irish Cup with Irish, Scottish and Welsh clubs; a minimum of 32 games per season; Starting with the 2012–13 season, the second group stage was discontinued. The top four teams at the end of the home-and ...
The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby , and is contested by 12 men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement.