From the 2024/25 season, all players, in all formats of the game, will be required to register themselves annually to play rugby within RFU member clubs.

Player registration is currently a club-led process, whereby clubs register players on their behalf. We are moving from this to a registration process where players will register themselves to play with a club, using their Game Management System (GMS) account. Clubs will then accept/decline player registrations as they come through.

The move to game-wide registration is intended to benefit the whole rugby community and brings rugby union in line with the majority of other Unions and other sports where this is common practice.

Action:

To help get ready for next season and to support the health of the game, from February 2024 we are asking clubs to make sure that your players’ email addresses are verified on GMS.

Club administrators can complete the email verification process ‘in bulk’ by navigating to the ‘Player Management’ section of GMS, selecting all records with unverified email addresses, and choosing ‘Request Verification’.

There is also a short video which explains this process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN1ID-wcOqk

Please also see Get Ready for Adult Registration. on Community Rugby Help

Club administrators can register to join a webinar on 24th April to find out how to help get your club ready for Adult Player Registration, and get access to the support and guidance that is available.