From Season 2023/24 Age Grade Affiliation will be known as Age Grade Registration to align with future changes to the adult game.
Age Grade Player Registration is a fully online annual process for club players between U6 to U18. RFU Regulation requires players to be registered online each season within 45 days of the start of the season or from first joining the club.
This simple process involves a players’ parent/guardian registering their child on an annual basis on the RFUs Game Management System (GMS) and being approved by the Club Registrar. The process continues to be improved every season to make it all easier for parents/players and club volunteers to action.
EXISTING PLAYERS
For an existing player, the parent updates a child’s details with any new medical information, emergency contact details and consents, linked directly from their own Personal Profile page.
NEW PLAYERS
For brand new players, there is a simple Profile creation and registration system on the same platform in GMS.
The online, parent-led process ensures that parents and players are in control of their unique individual record through their lifetime in rugby, ensuring data security and compliance with applicable data protection law. It provides more consistent, accurate and up-to-date information for clubs and the RFU to help players and parents enjoy their Age Grade Rugby and transition into the adult game.
This process is now mobile optimised and enables parents to log onto GMS using their mobile devices to renew or complete a new registration for their child.
COMMUNITY RUGBY HELP CENTRE – EVERYTHING YOU NEED...
Community Rugby Help is your one-stop shop for everything related to Age Grade Registration. It provides an excellent suite of step by step guides, articles, solutions and announcements for all the elements of Age Grade Registration and Membership Payments in GMS. Should you need more support, you can also Submit a Help Request, which goes to the GMS helpdesk.
FURTHER RESOURCES
RUGBY SAFE
Player safety and welfare is vitally important for everyone involved with rugby union. Rugby Safe is the RFU’s overarching player safety and welfare programme, putting player welfare at the heart of the game.
