Leagues
We have totally restructured our grading because in our 11 years of running tag in Ireland, we have seen that many teams do not go into the correct grade – no matter what they are "recommended" to do! So now, when you register a team for a league, you only sign up for the venue and night.
New "Phased" System
Phase 1:
- In our 9 week Summer League, you firstly sign up for your preferred night and venue.
- Your team is initially put into a mini group for the first 3 weeks.
- You will play a number of short matches (either 20 or 40 min long) over these 3 weeks.
- Your results over these 3 weeks determines what grade you play in for the remaining 6 weeks.
Phase 2:
- After Phase 1, we will know your level and be able to put you in a group with teams who are at the same standard as you.
- so if you win all your Phase 1 games, you will go into the top Phase 2 tournament with the other teams in your venue who did well in their Phase 1 games.
- Similarly if you lose all your Phase 1 games, you will go into the bottom Phase 2 grade with other teams who didn't do so well over the initial 3 weeks
Phase 3 (Finals Phase):
- As in previous years, there will be a Finals Phase where you play a knockout match to determine which team leaves with a trophy.
- Once again, we will have Cup, Plate, Bowl and SuperBowl trophies for teams who win their specific leagues.
We feel that this new system will result in a lot fewer mismatches, which should lead to a much fairer and more enjoyable competition for everyone!
Other Leagues
We will also use variants of this new system in our Spring and Autumn Leagues, which are 6, 8 or 11 weeks long. The length of each Phase is dependant on the number of teams in the venue and this will be explained to team captains and vice captains by email before the start of the league.
Let us know what you think of the new system by emailing info@tagrugby.ie.
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