ST IVES BAY TAG RUGBY
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Welcome to St Ives Bay Tag Rugby Festival!
A day of fun, competition and community spirit on June 13th 2026, held at St Ives Rugby Club.
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All profits from the event are donated to the Wooden Spoon Charity.
How To Get Involved
Tickets for the rugby tournament and the event event are sold separately.
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Scroll down to find out more, register a team and buy tickets for the evening event!
tag rugby
registration
This is a mixed seven a side tag rugby tournament where each squad can have up to ten players. There are sixteen teams in total - pool stages of four teams followed by two knock out competitions. The top two teams progress from each pool to the 'Cup' knock out competition and the bottom two teams progress to the 'Vase' knock out competition.
Entry fee is £100 per team.
Basic tag rugby rules can be found at the bottom of this page.
our chosen charity
Wooden Spoon is a dynamic and impactful charity dedicated to transforming the lives of children and young people through the power of the rugby community.
They provide grants to local charities and organisations who work to give the best life opportunities to children and young people living with disabilities, those disadvantaged and those disengaged from society.
Wooden Spoon have a national footprint, but the largest part of our income is raised by local volunteers. In the last year, they raised and distributed £1,000,700 in grants to support 107 charitable projects helping over 113,000 children and young people living with disabilities, disadvantaged or disenfranchised.
FORMAT OF THE DAY
Tag Rugby Festival
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09:00 - Register Attendance
09:30 - Briefing (all Team Captains to attend)
10:00 to 14:15 - Pool Stages
14:15 to 17:15 - Knock Out Stages
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Evening Event
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key tag rugby rules and information
Squads and Teams:
· 7 a side – squads of up to 10 players.
· Substitutions are made at half time.
· Each team has a ‘Team Captain’, responsible for attending the briefing and liaising with festival organisers.
Competition Format:
· Each game is 10 minutes long, with a 2 minute half time in the middle.
· Pool stages (4 teams in each pool) followed by a knock out competition – every team progresses!
· The top two teams in each pool progress to the knock out stages of the Cup Competition, the bottom two progress to knock out stages of Vase Competition.
Tag Rugby Basic Rules:
· Each player wears a tag belt with two tags on each hip.
· When tagged, the player must stop as soon as possible and place the ball between their legs.
· The ‘tagger’ retreats by 1m whilst the ball is played by the opposing team, then hands the tag back to the player. They cannot re-join the game until this has happened.​​ The attacking player who picks up the ball cannot score from a 'tag' - they must pass first.
· Tag Rugby is non-contact - only the removal of a tag is allowed as contact.
· No kicking – beginning a game and restarting play is by a free pass.
· Each team has ‘6 tags’ in attack - at the 7th tag, a turnover will be awarded to the defending team.
· Infringements by the attacking team lead to a turnover
· Infringements by the defending team lead to a reset of the opposing teams tackle count
