A NON-CONTACT version of rugby union will be implemented in schools to help the RFU manage a “decline in participation over injury fears”.
A review conducted by the RFU found fewer people are playing the sport at youth level and traditional private rugby schools because of injury concerns, and the view that it is a difficult game to introduce.
Contact, reduced contact and non-contact formats will be supported in schools, enabling established schools to offer alternative forms of the game in their maintained compulsory rugby term.
From Under-15 upwards there will be a f...