Updated: July 10
USA Rugby is maintaining a Covid-19 resource in article form (link), which is pinned to the top of its news feed (usa.rugby/news/) and continually updated. The article includes the Return to Play (RTP) Guidelines, and several Geographic Unions (GUs) link to that document as the sole direction for its member clubs. Other governing bodies have invested in specific, easily located information for their member clubs that hail from multiple states.
Florida, Midwest, Pacific Northwest, Red River and Rocky Mountain have done a fantastic job in creating pandemic-specific pages on their websites, and thus ease member clubs’ research. The following includes links to the GU and – if they exist – Competitive Region (CR) websites regarding Covid-19 updates.
ATLANTIC NORTH
Empire
Updates will feature on RTP page, which was last updated July 1 but isn’t state specific: http://empire.rugby/content_page/10064345/
Bonus: minutes from the Senior Club Rugby Council’s meetings: http://empire.rugby/content_page/10063664/
New England
Updates featuring on NERFU news feed: http://www.nerfu.org/news/
July 2 update instructs member clubs to contact their state Covid-19 coordinators; contact info here: http://www.nerfu.org/news-detail/10064325/?tag_id
FRONTIER
Mid-America
All official updates are posted on the website: https://www.midamericarugby.com/
This is the latest COVID-19 update; Jody Lawrence is the current Women’s Club GU Director but elections for the 2020-21 executive board will occur at the July 12 AGM
Rocky Mountain
RTP page with member-state tracking: http://www.rockymountainrugby.org/return-to-play.html
MID-ATLANTIC
CR website is posting Covid-19 updates in its news feed; last update June 3: https://macrugby.org/
Capital
Updates on website (https://rugby.org/) and July 10 post indicates that no rugby activity will be sanctioned at this time. The GU’s Facebook group lends insight into how this decision was made and answers questions from members in the comments.
Eastern Pennsylvania
Check website news feed (http://epru.rugby/news/); latest update was June 12 (link)
MIDWEST
The largest territory has created a solid home for RTP guidelines, forms and handbooks, as well as a consolidated compliance tracking doc: https://www.midwest.rugby/covid-19-rtp/
PACIFIC NORTH
NorCal
Last update on news page was March 22; home page redirects readers to USA Rugby’s Covid-19 page
Pacific Northwest
Dedicated Covid-19 page with state tracking: https://www.pnrfu.com/covid-19
PACIFIC SOUTH
SoCal
Not much on the news feed (https://scrfu.org/category/news/) and May 1 update directs readers to USA Rugby Covid-19 page
The Arizona and Rio Grande websites and social media accounts are defunct
RED RIVER
The Texas Rugby Union has a Covid-19 Task Force and maintains this resource page: http://texasrugbyunion.com/covid-19/
The latest update in the news feed is from June 24 (link).
SOUTH
Carolinas
Updates feature on GU website news feed (http://carolinasrugby.com/) but are more regular on Facebook (@carolinasrugbyunion); last update was June 24 (link)
Georgia
No info on website (http://www.georgiarugbyunion.org/) with more regular traffic on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/GeorgiaRugbyUnion/). Last update (May 27) referred readers to USAR R2P Guidelines
Florida
Solid Covid-19 resource page: http://floridarugby.org/coronavirus-and-covid-19-management/
True South
GU website features update from April 3: news feed
More activity on Facebook (@TrueSouthRugby) but not necessarily more info relevant to Covid-19