2025/2026 Season – Fixture List
WRU Under 7s Pathway Rules
COACH’S ROLE:
- Develop a love of the game in children
- Develop evasion skills with ball in two hands and standing pass to standing receiver
AIMS – RATIONALE:
Invasion by evasion, that is scoring tries by evasive running and introduce accurate stationary passing.
GENERAL:
- Age: Under seven as on the first of September at the start of the season
- Team Size: Five a side with unlimited substitutions. The WRU requires that both teams shall field the same number of players throughout the game
- Periods of Play: Two halves each of up to 10 minutes playing time - maximum 20 minutes of play
- Playing Area: 50m (Length) x 40m (W idth) maximum. 40m (Length) x 30m (Width) minimum
- Ball Size: Size three
- Kicking: None
- Lineout: No lineouts, free pass from five metres in from the touch line
- Scrummage: No scrums. When there is an offense where a scrum is normally awarded, a TAP and PASS is the mandatory action to restart. Teams must be given time to retire 10m
- Coach Qualification: WRU Tag Leaders Award
- Referee Qualification: WRU Tag Leaders Award
TAG RUGBY RULES:
Game to start with a free pass
Team conceding try to restart
Six tags, ball is turned over to opposition
Tagged player must play the ball (pass) within three seconds of being tagged
Tackler must hand back the tag to the attacking player before continuing to play, persistent infringement will result in the awarding of a penalty
Players must leave and enter the field of play at the halfway touchline
They must remove two tags and hand them over to substitute entering the field to place upon belt before replacement can effect
Substitutes must wear tag belts but with no tags
A player must have two tags before scoring a try, however if a tag is removed whilst scoring a try the try is awarded
If a player crosses the line with one tag, he/she is brought back out five metres from the try line with the tag count continuing
Players must stay on feet to score a try
Spinning out of contact away from the tackler is allowed
No hand-off allowed
Carrying the ball in two hands is encouraged but not a tag rugby rule.
Free pass for all penalties
No Under U7 players should play contact rugby (i.e. 2 years above)
The length of a TAG should be no less than 37.5cm (15″) and no more than 40cm (16″)
Rolling substitutions is permitted and recommended