Rugby ATL, Atlanta Youth Rugby (AYR) and Atlanta Public Schools (APS) are working together to heighten the awareness of and foster engagement within the Atlanta rugby community, especially through showcasing how it’s an all-inclus...
Atlanta Youth Rugby and the Northside Hospital Orthopedic Institute announced today the launch of SafePlay, a groundbreaking 360-degree approach to maximizing player safety.
Rugby ATL is proud to announce its alignment with Atlanta Youth Rugby (AYR) as the club’s youth development partner. The two organizations believe the youth pathway program is critical to the growth and success of rugby in Atlanta...
Atlanta Youth Rugby, Inc. brought our great game to over 500 members of the community at the Atlanta Police Foundation’s Promise Center Field Day.
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AYR SAFEPLAYTo promote safety awareness and prevention of unsafe play, AYR has built on our past achievements (trainers at every contact scrimmage, increasing the use of certified referees, baseline concussion testing, etc.) to create a SafePlay approach that all our sides will follow. A key component is the ‘Law of the Week’, taken from World Rugby and adapted to our curriculum. All GRU teams will be encouraged to focus on training the top ‘Laws’ properly, and referees told to enforce them.
Created with input from AYR coach Samantha Ellmore, Colton Cariaga and others from Life University, as well as input from Kurt Weaver, Youth and High School Director at USA Rugby, and International Rugby Board (IRB) certified referee Russ Wofford, we hope the AYR SafePlay approach will serve as a model for the GRU and beyond.