Age Grade Sevens?

Flish


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I've got a U15 Sevens tournament this weekend - first 7's so keen to get that under my belt, and private schools comp so should be a decent standard, however I'm confused on how 7's laws will marry up with age grade regs (this is in RFU land and schools should be following age grade regs now).

For example, in U15 age grade we have;

  • Uncontested line out (Jump but no contest in the air)
  • No more than 1.5m shove in scrum (unlikely in 7's?)
  • Sh stays in the middle (again unlikely in 7's)

Any experience on how these are translated (or supposed to be translated to 7's), or do we just play straight up 7's? (I don't have the specific comp regs yet).

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In the absence of any definitive answers etc, Id suggest you ref it as U15s 15 a side with any obvious 7s tweaks eg restart kicks after scores, sin bin timings etc

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That was my thinking
 

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In the absence of any definitive answers etc, Id suggest you ref it as U15s 15 a side with any obvious 7s tweaks eg restart kicks after scores, sin bin timings etc

didds

I'd be thinking the same. If these kids are used to, for example, uncontested lineouts, if would be foolhardy to introduce contested lineouts at a 7s tournament.
 

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You would start with adult 7 a side Laws, and then overlay the U15 variations (so uncontested lineouts)
 

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You would start with adult 7 a side Laws, and then overlay the U15 variations (so uncontested lineouts)

yep - far more eloquently put than my suggestion earlier :)

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