CompetitionProposalDelegates’ Assembly, 23/06/2018

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MEMBERS

Competition Commission:

- Adam Henderson - Winterthur- Cyril Lin – Nyon - Mike Rothenberger – Basel- Hugues Steyner – Neuchatel - Alex Ramon – GC Zurich - Laurent Marin – Monthey - Stefan Gisler – RUZ - Oli Wolf – Wuerenlos- Waldo Schmitt – Lugano- Gilles Martinot – GPLO

JUST REMINDER

THE COMPETITION COMMISSION MAKES PROPOSALS

THE AGD VOTES AND DECIDES

SCHEDULE

• 10/02 AND 21/04: COMPETITION COMMISSION MEETINGS

• 05/05: PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSALS DURING THE

TECHNICAL MEETING

• 05-26/05: FEEDBACK FROM CLUBS TO COMP COMMISSION

• 26/05: COMPETITION COMMISSION MEETING: ADJUSTMENTS

AS NECESSARY AND PREPARATION OF MOTIONS (AND

REGULATIONS)

• 23/06 AGD: VOTE OF THE MOTIONS & REGULATIONS TEXT

League structureCurrent structure

New structure

NLA

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League mode and conditions – LNA, LNB, LNCNLA, NLB, NLCOrganisation• Groups of 8 teams.• First and second leg (playing each twice, home and away).• NLA: Playoff for the top 4 teams after second leg (1/2 finals and final).• NLB & NLC: Playoff for the top 2 teams after second leg (Championship Finals)• [Option 2: Playoff with 4 teams for LNA, LNB and LNC]

Champion• Champion is the winner of the Playoff final game.

Promotion• Champion of NLB will promote to NLA.NEW: For promotion from LNB to LNA:Entire season without any forfeit.Entire season with 15 players on the field during every game (with exception in case of a red card).Second Team playing in D-League all season

• Champion of NLC will promote to NLB.NEW: For promotion from LNC to LNB same criteria as promotion from D-League to LNC:Entire season without any forfeit.Entire season with 15 players on the field during every game (with exception in case of a red card).

Relegation• Last of NLA at the end of the second leg will be relegated to NLB.• Last of NLB at the end of the second leg will be relegated to NLC.

Mandatory PromotionA team winning the C league or B league must accept promotion to the higher league.Under special circumstances, the Team can make a request to stay in the league for ONE MORE SEASON(example: rebuilding, stability criteria, etc). The request will be evaluated by the Competition Commission

Excellence AOrganisation• Groups of 8 teams.• First and second leg

(playing each twice, home and away).

• Play-Off for the top 4 teams after second leg (1/2 finals and final).

LNA• The Second Teams of LNA Teams have to play in Excellence A

LNB & LNC• The second teams of LNB and LNC teams have to play in D-League and CAN NOT

BE PROMOTED to LNC or LNB

EXCEPTION:

To allow for extreme geographical circumstances, the Second Teams of clubs from the Kanton of Ticino can play in the D-League, even if first team is promoted to LNA

Second Teams

Playing Rules

D-League:• Rules:

• Teams can declare before the game if they wish to play with full World Rugby Rules or WR U19 rules or Uncontested scrums. The referee can ALWAYS modify this condition during the game, for player safety (in EVERY league)

• NEW: Outside the Challenger Group of the D-League: Teams can borrow players from another club but they will loose the match (no forfeit recorded and match can be played as a friendly game)

• Player Numbers:• Minimum: 12 players in D-League. • With 10 players the team can have a technical forfeit• Under 10 players: REAL forfeit• NEW: Teams can have more than 23 players on the match sheet and can use free substitutions.

DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

Promotion from D-League to NLCA team from the development league has to meet the following conditions:• Declaration of the intention to promote to NLC at the beginning of the season.• Entire season without any forfeit.• Entire season with 15 players on the field during every game (with exception in case of a red

card).• Champion of the D- League.Then (when the previous conditions are going to be met)• The team can challenge the last of NLC in a “barrage” (One match hosted by the D-League Team)

Second TeamsThe Second Teams of LNA Teams have to play in Excellence AThe second teams of LNB and LNC teams have to play in D-League and CAN NOT BE PROMOTED to LNC or LNB. NEW: This rule is valid for the first season, 2018-19, and will be re-evaluated afterwards.

EXCEPTION:To allow for extreme geographical circumstances, the Second Teams of clubs from the Kanton of Ticino can play in the D-League, even if first team is promoted to LNA

League mode and conditions - D-LEAGUE

Name of the leagueD-League (FRA: Ligue D)

Organisation:• First Phase:

• 2 Groups of 5 to 6 teams.• First and second leg "inside" the groups (playing each twice: home and

away).• Second Phase:

• Building of two new groups• Group A: the top 2 Teams of both groups form the "first phase“ =

“Challenge Group” (As they can challenge to be promoted into LNC if they fulfil the criteria)Play 2 legs inside the group: home and away. Winner of Challenge Group is Champion of D-League• Group B: the rest of the teams from both groups from the "first phase".Play in flexible format: option to play one round “inside” the group or to play in TriangularsCompetition Commission to propose 2-3 options. Teams in the group to decide.

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First Phase

Challenge Group

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Second Phase

8-10 games each team

6 games each team

League mode - D-LEAGUE

Flexible Format: one round or Triangulars

TRANSITION

OPTION A: 2 Year Transition

LNC = No Promotion from LNC to LNB. Last Team of LNC is relegated into D-LeagueLNB= Bottom Team from each group is relegated to LNC.

2018-19:LNB with 10 Teams = Home/away games. No Playoffs (no final) for one season.End of season:LNB = 3 Teams Relegated to LNCLNC = 1 team promoted to LNB, 2 teams relegated to D-League

2017-18:

2019-20: Play with new format

NLB A

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OPTION B: COMPLETE TRANSITION THIS SUMMER

LNB= 4 relegations (from 8th to 12th)

LNC= NO PROMOTION, 3 relegations to D-League

BOTH OPTIONS:NEW League D starts in Sept 2018

- Jura, Sierre, Thun, Bern 2, Winterthur 2, Basel 2- the 2nd of the team relegated from LNA- the last team of LNC

PLANNING OF THE SEASON:CALENDARS

Planning of the seasonMain Principle• A fixed schedule in NLA, NLB, NLC• Schedule Ex A similar to schedule NLA • Schedule Development League adapted to Schedule NLB/NLC (2nd Team should have a home game on the same weekend as the first

team).• Schedule is based on the ranking from the past season. Looser of the Playoff-final is 2nd. For losers of Playoff-Halffinal will the

ranking after second leg be decisive (better classified team will take "place nr. 3"). If no Playout, also for the bottom four teams will the ranking after second leg will be decisive. If with Playout, same procedure as in Playoffs. Team witch promotes to a higher league will "take" place nr. 8 in the upper league, team witch is relegated in a bottom league will "take" place nr. 1 in the bottom league.

• Middle of June (after the Playoff-Finals) all "positions" are clear – so the calendar of the next season is immediate "clear" too. Clubs can apply for changes to the FSR, after consultation with the other involved team, until July 10th. Then the FSR decide final during one week. So middle of July we will have the "finale" schedules.

• No swiss championship the day of home game of national side• We can use the date of the away game of national team for postponed games of swiss championship• NEW: Season 2018-19: LNA starts on 15/07/2018; Leagues B, C, D Start on 01/09/2018• From Season 2019-20 Onwards: every league starts on 2nd Weekend in September.• Play is always using the same formula below

Possible, general Schedule for NLA/NLB/NLC

Round 11 - 56 - 27 - 34 - 8

Round 23 - 12 - 45 - 76 - 8

Round 31 - 78 - 25 - 34 - 6

Round 42 - 13 - 46 - 57 - 8

Round 51 - 65 - 28 - 34 - 7

Round 64 - 12 - 38 - 56 - 7

Round 71 - 87 - 23 - 65 - 4

Round 85 - 12 - 63 - 78 - 4

Round 91 - 32 - 27 - 58 - 6

Round 107 - 12 - 83 - 56 - 4

Round 111 - 24 - 35 - 68 - 7

Round 126 - 12 - 53 - 87 - 4

Round 131 - 43 - 25 - 87 - 6

Round 148 - 12 - 76 - 34 - 5

Planning of the season

Playoff Final

Playoff ½ Final

10 weekend before winter break 8 Rounds 2 Weekends for

national side respectively as reserve dates IN NOVEMBER

8 weekend before winter break 6 Rounds 3 Weekends for

national side 2 DATES IN MARCH AND 1 DATE IN MARCH

COMPETITION FEES

Historic: Competition Fees 2016-17

Historique: Frais de Compétitions 2016-17

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2016-17 Comp Fees

LNA LNB LNC LNF-A Exc A Exc B U18 U16 Devel Fem U14

Competition Fees: Creation of a coherent structure

Leagues 2017-18

Fees / Frais 2017-18

Leagues2018-19

Fees / Frais 2018-19

LNA 6’000 LNA 6’000

LNB 4’500 LNB 4’500

LNC 3’000 LNC 3’000

LNF-A 2’000 LNF-A 2’000

Exc A 1’500 Exc A 1’500

Exc B 1’500 Ligue D 1’000

LNF-B 1’000 LNF-B 1’000

Women’s Dev. 0.- Women’s U18 0.-

U18 750.- U18 750.-

U16 750.- U16 750.-

U14 0.- U14 0.-

Coupe Suisse 750.- Coupe Suisse 0.-

Coupe FSR 750.- Coupe FSR 0.-

Frais de Compétitions: Création d’une structure cohérente

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2017-18 Competition Fees / Frais des Compétitions

LNA LNB LNC LNF-A Exc A Exc B LNF-B U18 U16 Devel Fem U14

= Solidarity Line

2017-18 Competitions - Creation of a coherent structure

Compétitions 2017-18 - Création d’une structure cohérente

Competitions to the left of the line help to finance those to the right side of the line. “BIG” competitions carry “SMALL” competitionsLes Compétitions a la gauche de la ligne aident a financier les comp a la droite. Les “GRANDES” Compétitions soutiennent les “PETITES”.

= Solidarity Line / Ligne de solidarité

Competitions to the left of the line help to finance those to the right side of the line. “BIG” competitions carry “SMALL” competitionsLes Compétitions a la gauche de la ligne aident a financier les comp a la droite. Les “GRANDES” Compétitions soutiennent les “PETITES”.

2018-19 Competitions – Maintaining a coherent structure

Compétitions 2018-19 - Maintien d’une structure cohérente

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2018-19 Comp Fees

LNA LNB LNC LNF-A Exc A Ligue D LNF-B U18 U16 Wom. U18 U14

CUP PROPOSAL

Coupe FSR: Cancelled

Coupe Suisse: Self-Organized Competition for LNA teams, organized by LNA teams

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