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2010 Alex Alexander League Standings
2010 top scorers
2010 BrightStaff Premiership and Waterford Vase match schedule.
2010 Squads
2010 Premiership and Waterford Vase regulations • Premiership format - The premiership will be played by five teams each playing a double round robin. The winning team shall be deemed as the team with the highest total points at the end of the double round robin. In the event of tie, the team with the best points diffrerential will win. In the event of a tie still existing the team with the best record against the other shall be the winner. Waterford Vase format - The Waterford Vase will be played for by the top four ranked clubs at the end of the Premiership season. The first placed team will play the fourth placed team while the second placed team will play the third placed team in a straight knock out semi final. The two winning teams will play in the final of the Waterford Vase. In the event of a tie at the end of 80 minutes the golden point will be used to determine the winner in two 10 minute periods of extra time. • Premiership points - win = 4, draw = 2, loss = 0, loss by seven or less 1 bonus point, scoring four or more tries 1 bonus point •Forefeit - Any team deemed to forefeit will have two league points deducted from the table. The opposition of the Forefeited match will receive 5 points for the win and the score shall be recorded as a 20 - 0 win • Players - All players must be Registered with their club and fully paid up Membersprior to December 11th 2008 for the current playing season. Any clubs found not in accordance with this regulation will be forefeit. •Kick off time - Any team that does not have a minimum twelve registered players on the pitch at the kick off time, will forfeit the match. •Number of players - All teams must field a minimum twelve registered players for each match. If a team can not field twelve registered players the game will be forefeit. If a team can not field more than twelve players they must play the game with that number, IRB regulations regarding scrummaging shall apply. If a team can not field a front row they shall forefeit the game. Number of front row replacements shall be in accordance with the IRB Laws of the game of the game. •Borrowing of pool players - Absolutely no borrowing of players registered to another team or unregistered will be permited. •Kit - All teams must wear the full provided kit for all matches, failure to comply will result in 2 league points being deducted. •Team sheets - These must be completed and emailed to CRFU office by no later than the Tuesday immediately prior to the designated game and by no later than 4pm. Failure to do so will result in the loss of two league points. •Match reports - These must be completed and submitted to CRFU no later than the Tuesday immediately following the designated match date and by no later then 4pm. Failure to do so will result in 2 league points being deducted •New Players - All new players must complete a Registration Form and submit this form to the CRFU. All new players will become elligible to play on the following Monday after their accepted registration. All new players will be allocated to teams by the CRFU. •Match Day equipment - All team captains will be given two match balls at the start of the season. The home team, designated as the first team in the given fixture, is responsible for providing the match balls to the game day referee. Teams are responsible to purchase any water refreshments required. Teams are responsible for any tape or first aid equipment or treatment that they may required during the match. All team captains are fully responsible for their kit and players at all times before, during and after the fixtures. Team captains are responsible to ensure that their teams have cleaned the facility and change areas after each fixture. Failure may result in league points being deducted. The CRFU will accept no responsibility for equipment left on the premises. •Discipline - as per IRB Laws of the game •Player Drafting - Players who played a minimum of 4 matches in the year previous for a club are deemed to be returing players to that club for the upcoming season. Players returning from overseas who played a minimum of four matches for that club in the year they left, will return to that club. Except where the player is in a core position. If the team he is returning to has a core player in that position he will go to the next team requiring a core player in that position. If all the teams are full in that core position he will go to his old team. Players who have been forced to change teams in the interest of balance for the year previous will be permitted to return to their old club by written request only provided that club is willing to forego it's draft pick for that player in his particular unit and that player is not in a core position and returning to a team that already has a player in that position while their leaving will leave that club with a core position missing after the final Draft. The team losing the player will be awarded the first draft pick of any player in that leaving players unit. Part Time Draft players who have played at least 4 matches for a club in the year previous will be allocated back to that club for part time purposes where possible. All new Full Time players are to be placed into the player pool and drafted by core position first 1,2,3,8,9,10,15 and then two front row replacements per team. All others are then drafted by position starting with the locks, then back row, then centers and then wings and finally replacements. Full time players are to be picked first, followed by part time players followed by University players. Order of Draft Pick is the team finishing last in the year previous is afforded first pick followed by the second last team and so on. Where a team misses a draft due to having a returning player in that position they then move to the top of the draft at the end of that draft round.
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