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The laws governing seven areas of the game are affected by the experimental law variations (ELVs) which come in to from the start of this season.  These changes will affect all levels of rugby so if you’re intending to play, ref or just support over the coming months you need to make sure you understand the changes.

The RFU have produced a guide explaining the laws which you can read here (RFU guide to the ELVs), alternatively, there’s this IRB presentation which gives you all the same info (ELVs presentation). There will be a meeting at the Ron Jacobs Playing Fields on Thursday 21st August at 7pm to go over these new laws.

The new website is here at long last.  Fixtures will be added to the relevant areas as soon as they’re available.

Thorney RUFC have secured funding worth more than £128,000 from the Rugby Football Foundation to build new changing rooms at their Ron Jacobs Playing Fields ground near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The club has secured a grant of £63,415 from the RFF with a further £65,000 by way of an interest-free loan.
Work has started on the project which will see four new changing rooms and a gymnasium being built, with a scheduled completion date of March next year.
Club Chairperson, Louis Deplancke said “The extension of the present Club changing room facilities will support all sections of the club by allowing better quality training sessions and improving the club environment during the season. The improvement to the facilities is in line with the Club’s development plan to strengthen its senior and vets teams and to add junior teams at each age group year on year until all groups are covered from minis to Colts. We are extremely pleased and thank the RFF for this opportunity.”
The RFF is a charitable trust established by the Rugby Football Union with the purpose of promoting and developing community and amateur rugby in England.