Age Grade Rugby ensures that every player is able to enjoy rugby in a safe environment where they can develop their personal and social skills as well as a wide array of transferable multi-sports skills. This results in their personal development as well as their lifelong involvement in rugby and other sports.

Age Grade Rugby is the game for all girls and boys aged 18 and younger in clubs, schools, colleges and within the representative pathway and it incorporates the rules of play, regulation, competition formats and the structure of the season.

It is based on the principles of player centred, development driven, and competition supported with the wants and needs of young people at its heart.

There have been updates to the Age Grade Rugby for the season 2025-2026 and the details of these can be found here.

For full details on the Age Grade Regulations, these can be found on the England Rugby website.

To get the relevant Age Grade Variations for your child, please follow the relevant link below:
U7 Rules of Play (Tag Rugby)
U8 Rules of Play (Tag Rugby)
U9 Rules of Play (Transitional Contact)
U10 Rules of Play
U11 Rules of Play
U12 Rules of Play
U13 Rules of Play
U14 Rules of Play
U15-U18 (Variations to the Laws of the Game)