Starting a new team and/or section
Starting a new Mini and Junior section and/or Age Group
For a club/Girls Hub to start a new Mini and Junior section and/.or age group they are required to meet the following criteria to ensure the new start up is sustainable and safe and suitable for participants and volunteers.
For a club and girls hub to set up a “new team” within their mini and junior section they must reach the minimum number of ‘New’ and unregistered players:
- Mini teams (U7s to U11s) require 10 new/ Unregistered players.
- Junior teams (U12s to U16s) require 15 new/ Unregistered players.
These players must register Via the WRU online registration system for the new team to be in consideration to be sanctioned.
When a Club/Girls Hub has registered the number of players required and has met the New Team criteria they can make a formal application to the relevant area WRU General Manager to request sanctioning to begin playing and training.
All new teams are required to meet the New team criteria below prior to any games being sanctioned -
All players must be registered online via the WRU game locker.
Each team must have the following volunteers
Clubs/Girls Hub must evidence that they have appropriate facilities to cater for and host any new or additional teams.
When starting a new team and/or section all newly registered players in the mixed or male pathway are required to be in a single age band.
All players within the girl’s pathway are required to be in the correct double age banding (U8s, U10s, U12s, U14s & U16s)
*Players can play up an age group within the male or mixed pathway but under no circumstances can they play down an age group.
**This is not applicable in the mixed pathway for an U8s player playing up to U9s (Tag to contact)
*** If clubs are requesting to start a new team in the mixed and/or male pathway with players over two age groups they must contact their relevant WRU staff member for guidance.
When a new team has been sanctioned to begin training and playing by the WRU they will then serve a three-month in-season probationary period.
During this probationary period no transfers shall be allowed into the ‘new team’.
Following the completion of the probationary period the new team or section will be bound to the transfer rules and regulations in line with all M&J sections (A maximum of 3 x transfers in one season per age group).
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