REFEREE NOTES
This page summarises the points most likely to be of interest to referees.
The subpages give full rules for the various cup competitions.
Although it can be helpful for the referee to know about the regulations for the competitions, it is the responsibility of the organisers and the teams to know them, not the referee.
Gloucestershire Senior
| players |
19, including 5 front row |
| pitch |
must be roped off |
| time |
40 minutes each way.
may be changed by mutual agreement
|
| drawn matches |
|
FINAL
1. 10 mins each way extra time
2. tries
3. goals from tries
4. co-winners
|
ALL OTHER ROUNDS
1. 10 mins each way extra time
2. tries
3. goals from tries
4. visitors
|
|
Gloucestershire Youth
| players |
Not yet available
|
| pitch |
Not yet available |
| time |
Not yet available
|
| drawn matches |
Not yet available
|
Cheltenham Combination
| players |
19, including 5 front row |
| pitch |
must be roped off |
| time |
40 minutes each way.
may be changed by mutual agreement
|
| drawn matches |
|
FINAL
1. 10 mins each way extra time
2. tries
3. goals from tries
4. co-winners
|
ALL OTHER ROUNDS
1. tries
2. goals from tries
3. visitors
|
|
Forest of Dean Combination
| players |
19, including 5 front row |
| pitch |
must be roped off |
| time |
40 minutes each way.
may be changed by mutual agreement
|
| drawn matches |
|
FINAL
1. 10 mins each way extra time
2. tries
3. goals from tries
4. sudden death exatr time,
changing ends every 5 minutes
|
ALL OTHER ROUNDS
1. tries
2. goals from tries
3. visitors
|
|
North Gloucestershire Combination
| players |
3 replacements |
| pitch |
must be roped off |
| time |
40 minutes each way.
may be changed by mutual agreement
|
| drawn matches |
|
FINAL & SEMI-FiINAL
1. 10 mins each way extra time
2. tries
3. goals from tries
4. co-winners
|
ALL OTHER ROUNDS
1. tries
2. goals from tries
3. visitors
|
|
Stroud Combination
| players |
19, including 5 front row |
| pitch |
must be roped off |
| time |
40 minutes each way.
may be changed by mutual agreement
|
| drawn matches |
|
FINAL
1. tries
2. goals from tries
3. 10 mins sudden death
4. co-winners
|
ALL OTHER ROUNDS
1. 10 mins each way extra time
2. tries
3. goals from tries
4. visitors
|
|
"Citizen" Merit Table
| players |
1. Number of substitutes (up to 5) to be agreed by captains
2. Matches will count with as few as 10 per side.
3. Matches will count even if scrums are uncontested from the start
|
| time |
40 minutes, but may be varied by agreement of the captains |
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