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Welfare and accessibility are at the heart of Game On Global, a groundbreaking programme of optional community law variations launched by World Rugby and national member unions today.

Modified contact, weight-banded matches and lowered tackle height at the heart of new community law variations to further advance accessibility and welfare
Law variations include flexibility in number of players, game duration, pitch size, ball size, as well as variations to scrums, lineouts and kicking rules
Promoting global consistency at the community level of the game, the menu of 10 law variants can be implemented by national unions from January 2022
The introduction of Game On Global follows World Rugby’s recently launched participation plan to accelerate sustainable rugby involvement
Implementation of the law variations will be optional and available in part or in whole for National Unions to determine.
Central monitoring, and research will be undertaken evaluate impact

Promoting global consistency in the law variations open to unions at the community level of the game, a menu of 10 law variants are now available to all unions. From January 2022 the Game On principles can be utilised by all World Rugby member unions at their discretion:

Implementation of the law variations will be centrally monitored, and a global research project will provide an evaluation of the impacts in terms of injury-prevention and overall participation impact.

They were developed by the Community Laws Flexibility Working Group* which was set up in November 2020, following a World Rugby survey in relation to law trials that received more than 1,800 respondents, reflecting World Rugby’s mission to engage with the rugby family.

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