From the 2024/25 season, all players, in all formats of the game (including non-contact), will be required to register themselves annually to play rugby within RFU member clubs.

Adult Player Registration went live on 16 July 2024.

From this date, adult players will be able to log into GMS to register themselves to play.

Player registration is currently a club-led process, whereby clubs register players on their behalf. We are moving from this to a registration process where players will register themselves to play with a club, using their Game Management System (GMS) account. Clubs will then accept/decline player registrations as they come through.

The move to game-wide registration is intended to benefit the whole rugby community and brings rugby union in line with the majority of other Unions and other sports where this is common practice.

More information about Adult Player Registration can be found in the recent Community Game Update.