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Touch Rugby has proven itself to be a strong proving ground for future top flight female players across England. Players with England international and representative experience have been turning out in both the Premier 15s and Women’s Super League in recent weeks and months, showing that the skills you develop in Touch are transferrable into the other versions of rugby. Freya ...

This weekend marks our first National Touch Series events of the season, and the first nationally organised tournament since early March 2020. Anyone coming to Banbury as a referee – whether for the Elite NTS on Saturday or the Development NTS on Sunday – then please note that enhanced Covid-19 protocols will be in place. In addition to a health questionnaire, we are strongly r ...

“I would like others to experience what I have had the pleasure of being involved in - and being able to facilitate that has been a joy to be part of, let's hope we see many more years of enjoyment.” Working alongside my wonderful wife, Siany, we helped start the Crewe & Nantwich RUFC Touch section in 2011 – which is where it all began initially as players then probably mor ...

“I can honestly say that my time spent as a Touch Rugby volunteer has been incredibly enjoyable and rewarding, but also hard work. Volunteering has given me a sense of belonging and also a great feeling of pride not just in my club but towards the game.”   I think that my Touch Rugby volunteer story is quite different to most as I have never actually played Touch, not once. I s ...

“Volunteering allows me to give something back to a sport that's been very good to me over the years.” Background I was first introduced to touch in 2004 whilst living in Japan. I played in a single tournament, with the Okayama Grapes of Wrath, which we won, then forgot all about it. It wasn't until I moved to London in 2011 that I started playing regularly, initially with a fe ...

“I feel great when I bump into former pupils from my school and they thank me for introducing them to rugby, football or Touch. It's incredibly rewarding.” I initially volunteered at Norwich Rebels because the club was in danger of folding due to lack of numbers and few opportunities to play locally in Norfolk. When I discovered Touch I realised that I absolutely loved it and d ...

The England Touch Association will be running two more weeks of the all-new specialist coaching course aimed at primary and secondary school teachers at the end of June and beginning of July. The news comes in the same week as the ETA has also announced a brand new Schools Membership package for just £20! This will give a school access to all the ETA's coaching resources, enabl ...

In publishing its first Transgender, Non-Binary and Gender Diverse Policy, the England Touch Association (ETA) is taking a big step forward in its ambitions to make the sport of Touch even more inclusive. This policy, which has been published as part of the Association’s Pride Month activities, is an important part of the strategy to remove all barriers to participation. The po ...

Volunteers Week 2021 is here, and over the next few days England Touch Association (ETA) will be celebrating the contributions of volunteers within the Touch family across the country. Volunteers contribute massively at all levels of Touch within England, from clubs to the Board of Directors, and everywhere in between. Collectively they have helped the sport take hold within th ...

All three rounds of the 2021 Development National Touch Series are now fully booked! The appetite for competition seen across the country in recent weeks has been reflected in the high demand for places, and all 24 places each of the three events have been snapped up in record time, more than three weeks before Round 1. Clubs who are interested in competing in the Development N ...