Dorking 7's Program 2023

Dorking 7s

A Dorking ‘Welcome’

A Message from Dorking RFC Director of Rugby

Welcome to the second Dorking RFC 7s tournament. It’s incredible that a year has passed since the inaugural tournament and another league season has come and gone.

A warm welcome to all our visitors today. Whether you are playing, supporting, managing, or simply just popping in, we hope you have a fantastic day.

When the plans for a 7s tournament for our centenary season first came to fruition, we always hoped it would become our legacy event and something that would become a staple of the DRFC calendar. So, it’s fantastic to see so many returning teams from last year, and also to welcome some new friends.

Once again, we’re joined today by the remaining Youth and Mini parents and players who have enjoyed the DorKamp festival, making this, I’m sure, both a memorable and exhausting weekend for many! Keep an eye out also for the returning senior Dorking players, who have been enjoying a well-earned end of season tour this weekend, before parachuting in for the second half of the day.

Hope you all have an excellent day today and, as I always say on league match days, rugby is a sport which we are here to enjoy. Let’s do it with respect, like proper rugby enthusiasts, and enjoy everything rugby has to offer.

Have Fun

Your DoR,

Armand Roux #wacomb

Order of the Day

7's Outline Schedule

Here is a summarised schedule of matches taking place during the day. Please see the map for location of pitches and the exact running order for the day.

Matches will have 7 min halves throughout the day with a short half-time break. Please be at the designated pitch promptly for the start time to ensure we keep the timings on track.

If you do not arrive at the designated pitch within 5 mins of the designated start time you will forfeit the fixture.

11:00-14:00

14:00-15:00

15:00-16:00

7s Rules

·Maximum squad size of 13 players.

·Rolling subs in games.

·Seven-minute halves including knock-out matches.

·Maximum of two minutes for half-time.

·Group matches: winning team will receive 2 points, losing team will receive 0 points, and for matches drawn, 1 point will be awarded to each team.

·In the event of a tie between two teams after the group matches, points difference will decide top position. If no separation, points scored will be the decider. If still no separation, it will be on tries scored.

·Matches drawn in the knock-out phases after regulation time are continued into ‘golden point’ extra time, in multiple 5-minute periods.

·All conversion attempts must be drop-kicked.

·Conversions must be taken within 30 seconds of scoring a try.

·Three player scrums.

·The team that has scored, kicks off.

·Yellow cards net a 2-minute suspension.

·In the unlikely event of a red card, the player will be suspended for 2 games. However, this is at our discretion, should more punitive action be deemed appropriate.