FOR ALL, TARGETED, COMPETITIVE

All of our events will follow our new event themes; For All, Targeted & Competitive. These themes have been designed to ensure we provide events to benefit all young people.

FOR ALL– These events are for everyone and are delivered in school. They focus on providing 60 active mins for every child whilst supporting their physical, social and emotional wellbeing.

TARGETED– These events target specific groups of young people who would benefit the most from having positive experiences of sport, physical activity and competition. The activities and outcomes are designed to reflect the young people’s needs and motivations.

COMPETITIVE– These events are for pupils who are ready and prepared for competition and enjoy performing and competing against others. They provide the opportunity for competition in a positive and friendly environment where the focus is on enjoyment and supporting the wider development of young people as much as the outcome of the event itself.

This is a COMPETITIVE event for children in Year 5/6 who are ready for competition.  The aim of this event is to support individual development in sport.

This event is open to all Big Schools* schools in the Partnership. *The definition of a big school, based on School Games criteria is any school that has 120 or more students in KS2.

Competition Rules:

• 8 a-side, with at least 2 boys and 2 girls playing at any given time.
• Years 5 & 6
• 12 players on the squad with a minimum of 4 girls and 4 boys in the squad. (How the team fills the rest of the squad is up to each individual team).
• To score, a player must run over the try line they are scoring towards and put the ball down on the ground
• If a player gets tagged they must pass the ball backwards to a team mate
• When a player tags someone they must give the tag back after shouting TAG!!!
• Once tagged, a player is allowed 1 step to try and score or has to pass if he can’t score
• Once tagged, a player is allowed 3 steps before they have to pass
• When a player is tagged everyone must stand on their side of the ball, or they are offside and a penalty is conceded, and a free pass is given to the non-offending team
• If the game ever needs to be restarted it is done with a free pass
• Most of all we would like all the children to have FUN at this competition.

Don’t forget to visit the School Games website where you can download competition and challenge cards to support the delivery of intra-school rugby in your school.

More information regarding rules and format of the tournament will be sent out closer to the event but schools are encouraged to enter early as there are only a limited number of entries for this competition.

Maximum teams per school:     Up to 2 per school

Maximum entries available:      20

Deadline for entries:                     26th February 2025