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• COVID-19 and match suspensions

  By DWC on March 13, 2020

  The Capital Rugby Union supports MAC’s decision to suspend competition and revisit the situation on April 13, 2020 (changed on 3/13/2020 due to late announcement from USAR). The Capital would take it a step further and suspend any friendlies that… Read More ›

• COVID-19 and MAC Match Suspension

  By DWC on March 12, 2020

  All: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all MAC matches for the next few weeks will be suspended. On Monday, April 6, MAC will provide an update on the status of match play. We do not know what this means yet… Read More ›

• USA Rugby Advisory on Member Insurance and Accident Policy

  By DWC on January 21, 2020

  Dear Members, The National Office has received a number of insurance inquiries surrounding the current Member accident policy for all registered athletes, coaches, referees, admin and beyond. To provide clarity, USA Rugby wanted to reiterate those assurances for your knowledge. … Read More ›

• New MAC Policies (TZ and General Appeals; 12/29/2019)

  By DWC on December 31, 2019

  Technical Zone. Effective immediately, USA Rugby requires that all Senior Club Rugby Qualifying Matches must adhere to the Technical Zone field set up as detailed by USA Rugby’s Technical Zone Document: https://assets.usa.rugby/docs/club/Technical-Zone-Policy.pdf?v=1576414329758. MAC extends this policy to describe local sanctions…. Read More ›

• Tights for both Women and Men

  By DWC on November 24, 2019

  Please see the policy (link) passed by the USAR Rugby Committee on November 22, 2019. This policy changes the old policy to include Men; only Women had been included in the previous policy. Note that the referee is not the… Read More ›

• 2019 Annual General Meeting

  By DWC on September 19, 2019

  The 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Wednesday, September 18 at 7 PM. The session was online/streaming.  AGM Reports (final); each were discussed during the session. Capital officers are elected every two years and this was not an… Read More ›

• CMS Reporting

  By DWC on August 22, 2019

  Beginning this Fall (2019), completion of CMS entries are now required by USA Rugby to be within 48 hours of the match’s completion. Both teams must post the final results, rosters, and player substitution(s), as well as the virtual signing.

• Tech Zone Requirement

  By DWC on May 11, 2019

  Effective immediately, USA Rugby requires that all Senior Club Rugby Qualifying Matches must adhere to the Technical Zone field set up as detailed by USA Rugby’s Technical Zone Document. This field set-up document is at https://assets.usarugby.org/…/USA-Rugby-Technical-Zone-and-… and the brief directive is at https://assets.usarugby.org/…/club/Technical-Zone-Policy.pdf

• Ruck and one player

  By DWC on September 8, 2017

  From Richard Every at USAR (9/8/17, 1135; this is an excerpt since we’ve all seen the video and know the new law): If a player has to step with one leg over the ball, they would be a prone target… Read More ›

• Concussion Protocol

  By DWC on April 8, 2017

  Reminder: there is no concussion protocol in USAR club play at any level. While we haven’t seen instances of this within Capital, we know of our area referees being asked about this by non-Capital clubs. If a player has a suspected… Read More ›

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