Swiss Rugby creates 1st ever Girls' and Boy's U20 competitions

  • Clubs
  • 12 Mar 2021

Following the latest announcements by the Swiss Government that youth up to the age of 20 can resume playing outdoor sports this spring, the Swiss Rugby Union has acted quickly to create a Regional Competition for Girls and Boys up to the age of 20.

The competition will be organized regionally, the lead for training, coaching, and player selection is taken by the Regional Associations, the ACGR, AVR, ARVS, and NSRV,  in close collaboration with the clubs.

On the weekends of April 17th and 24th, boys born in 2001 and 2002, and girls born in 2001 to 2004, will be gathered in regional teams and will play a competition in a tournament format.

In order to prepare for these matches and to play them safely, training sessions will be organised by the regions in addition to the training sessions in the clubs:

U20 Competition for boys:

Training Sessions:
ACGR-AVR- ARVS: March 27th and April 10th in Nyon (venue to be confirmed)
NSRV : March 13th in Zurich and March 20th in Neuchatel
Tournament 1 : April 17th  or 18th  in the Suisse Romande
Tournament 2 : April  24th  or 25th in the Swiss-German Region
 

U20 Competition for girls:

Training Sessions:
ACGR-AVR- ARVS : to be planned
NSRV : March 13th in Zurich and March 20th in Neuchatel
Tournament 1 : April 17th  or 18th  in the Suisse Romande
Tournament 2 : April  24th  or 25th in the Swiss-German Region
 

“When I watched the press conference where the Swiss Federal Council announced that, after a long Covid-Mandated Sports-Lockdown, players up to the age of 20 can start playing again, I immediately thought: it’s time to create a first ever U20 competition for boys and for girls in Swiss Rugby!”, explains CEO Veronika Muehlhofer.

“We have had the goal of creating something for that age group for a while. Finally the pandemic gives us this opportunity”, adds Technical Director Sebastien Dupoux, who is working closely with the Regions to implement the concept.
 

For information regarding the regional teams please contact:
ACGR : dtr[at]acgr.ch
AVR- ARVS : direction.sportive[at]rugbyvaud.ch or sportif[at]rugbyvaud.ch
NSRV : rahel.bosshard[at]suisserugby.com