Regulations, as of 11/15/2023.

The only updates are for 7s. 15s has not been altered.

The 2023 Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday, August 9th from 7:00-9:25 PM. Reports received: 2022-2023 Budget Execution and Proposed Budget, Competitions. Meeting minutes.

The 2023-2024 Eligibility regs have been approved by the Senior Club Council (SCC).

Overall, there weren’t any significant changes. However…

1. The USAR SCC Eligibility and Competitions Committees will be more stringent in the use of Rugby Xplorer, in terms of rosters and entering substitutes. Overall, we (Capital) didn’t have a problem with this, but other GUs had issues. [Note: I will send out a message next week about when registration for 2023-2024 will begin.] Specifically: “The approved competitive match must be entered into the CMS no later than 48 hours after the match has concluded. If the match is not entered into the CMS and locked within the stated timeline, it will not be considered for player eligibility purposes.”

2. Appeals have been tightened up due to the issue at the National Men’s championship.

3. PR7s participants will not count against the senior club fifteens Professional Player Match Roster limits.

4. Clubs must have a registered Level 1 (formerly called Level 200) or higher coach certified with USA Rugby.

Each club must be aware of the regulations (just like you have to be aware of traffic laws and so on).

2023 Standings.

6/24 – NOVA;

7/1 – Wilmington;

7/8 – Baltimore Chesapeake;

7/22 – Northeast Crossover Event – Schuylkill River.

[Procedures can be found in Competitions “2023 7s Guidelines“.]

Go to the Competitions item above; the 2023 Atlantic Super Regional (ASR) page is on the pulldown menu.

Bids for all Mid Atlantic Conference (MAC) Sevens Championship Events must be emailed by March 24, 2023 to the 7’s MAC Committee; bid form (Word).

On 02/11/2023 in Houston, TX, the Capital Selects beat the HTX Academy side 26-22 (Houston SaberCats development squad).