errea RUGBY EUROPE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN & WOMEN 2019- 2020 MANUAL RUGBY EUROPE 45 rue de Liège – 75008 PARIS – FRANCE Tel : +33 (0) 153 211 522 Email : [email protected] Web : www.rugbyeurope.eu Table of Contents FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................... 4 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 5 1.1 TERMS OF PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................... 5 1.2 DEFINITIONS & INTERPRETATIONS ..................................................................................... 6 2. COMPETITION FORMAT AND MATCH SCHEDULING ................................................................. 9 2.1 TIMELINE OF KEY DATES AND DEADLINES ........................................................................... 12 2.2 COMPETITION SCHEDULE ............................................................................................ 13 2.2.1 MEN’S COMPETITION ............................................................................................. 13 2.2.2 WOMEN’S COMPETITION ........................................................................................... 18 2.2.3 QUALIFICATION TO THE WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP 2021............................................. 18 2.3 MATCH POINTS AND DETERMINATION OF STANDINGS .......................................................... 19 2.4 PROMOTION AND RELEGATION SYSTEM ............................................................................ 20 3. RUGBY EUROPE CONTACTS ......................................................................................... 21 4. TEAM INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 22 4.1 COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM DELEGATION ...................................................................... 22 4.2 MATCH PLAYER LIST ................................................................................................. 22 4.3 AGE GUIDELINES ...................................................................................................... 24 4.4 ELIGIBILITY ................................................................................................................ 26 5. COMPETITION REGULATIONS ............................................................................................ 29 5.1 WORLD RUGBY LAWS OF THE GAME ................................................................................ 29 5.2 PROCEDURES FOR REPLACEMENTS AND SUBSTITUTIONS ......................................................... 29 5.3 DEFINITIONS OF REPLACEMENTS AND SUBSTITUTIONS ........................................................... 29 5.4 IN THE EVENT OF A TIE (SPECIFIC FOR PROMOTION & RELEGATION) .......................................... 30 5.5 BALLS ....................................................................................................................... 32 5.6 CAPTAIN’S RUN ........................................................................................................... 32 5.7 DELAYED, POSTPONED, ABANDONED AND CANCELLED MATCHES ......................................... 33 5.8 MATCH STOPPED ........................................................................................................ 33 5.9 MATCH COMMISSIONERS ........................................................................................... 33 5.10 PITCHES OBLIGATION .............................................................................................. 35 5.11 TEAM KIT SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ 35 5.12 REFEREES’ COMMUNICATION KIT .................................................................................. 36 6. GAME ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................................................ 37 6.1 ARRANGEMENTS ...................................................................................................... 37 6.2 MATCH DAY RUN SHEET ............................................................................................ 38 6.3 TRANSPORTATION .................................................................................................... 40 6.4 BANQUET AND TROPHY ............................................................................................. 40 6.5 ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS ................................................................................... 41 6.6 ACCREDITATION ....................................................................................................... 42 6.7 TICKETING .............................................................................................................. 42 6.8 MATCH OPERATIONS ................................................................................................ 42 2 7. MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................................. 47 7.1 MATCH VENUE MEDICAL FACILITIES .............................................................................. 47 7.2 MEDICAL HISTORY .................................................................................................... 48 7.3 MEDICAL FEES AND COSTS .......................................................................................... 48 7.4 MEDICAL INSURANCE ................................................................................................ 48 7.5 TEAM DOCTOR AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL ......................................................................... 48 7.6 ROLE OF MEDICAL TEAM IN CASE OF INJURY ................................................................... 49 7.7 MEDICAL PROTOCOL - MATCH DAY SIGNALS ................................................................... 49 8. MEDIA RULES ............................................................................................................ 51 8.1 COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT .................................................................................. 51 8.2 MEDIA HOST ............................................................................................................. 51 8.3 MEDIA CENTRE / AREA ................................................................................................ 52 8.4 MEDIA TRIBUNE ......................................................................................................... 52 8.5 MIXED ZONE AND INTERVIEWS AREAS .............................................................................. 53 8.6 PRE GAME & POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCE .................................................................. 53 8.7 POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS ............................................................................................ 53 8.8 PHOTOGRAPHERS........................................................................................................ 54 8.9 DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION .................................................................. 54 8.10 VIDEO-PRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 55 8.11 BROADCAST AND STREAMING OF MATCHES ................................................................... 58 9. COMMERCIAL RULES .................................................................................................... 59 9.1 RESPECT OF THE RUGBY EUROPE COMMERCIAL RIGHTS .................................................... 59 9.2 COMMERCIAL RIGHTS .................................................................................................. 59 9.3 COMPETITION MARKS .................................................................................................. 61 10. ANTI-DOPING PROGRAMME .......................................................................................... 64 10.1 WORLD RUGBY REGULATION 21 ................................................................................ 64 10.2 TEAM MEMBER CONSENT FORM ................................................................................ 64 10.3 THERAPEUTIC USE OF EXEMPTIONS (TUES) .................................................................. 64 10.4 NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS & MEDICATIONS ............................................................... 65 10.5 IN COMPETITION TESTING ......................................................................................... 66 10.6 OUT OF COMPETITION TESTING .................................................................................. 66 10.7 PROVISION OF THE SAMPLE ....................................................................................... 66 10.8 PLAYER REPRESENTATIVE AND INTERPRETERS ................................................................. 67 10.9 ANTI-DOPING EDUCATION ........................................................................................ 67 10.10 OUTSTANDING ANTI-DOPING MATTERS ..................................................................... 68 10.11 FURTHER INFORMATION / QUESTIONS ....................................................................... 68 11. COMPETITION DISCIPLINARY REGULATIONS ........................................................................ 69 11.1 SUMMARY OF PROCESS WHEN A PLAYER IS ORDERED OFF ................................................. 70 11.2 SUMMARY OF PROCESS WHEN A PLAYER IS CITED ...........................................................