Reporting Death or Serious Injury
Reporting the death or seriuos injury to a player
Contact Numbers of RFL Officials
What is a Serious Injury?
What do I need to report?
What will the RFL do?
Reporting the death or seriuos injury to a player
Source: Rugby Football LeagueIn the case of a player suffering death or serious injury at a rugby league game or training session at any level the referee or a club official should contact one of the RFL Officials listed below as soon as possible within the two hour period immediately after the incident or after the extent of the injury becomes known: Back to top
Contact Numbers of RFL Officials
Emma Rosewarne 07850 483736Stuart Cummings 07801 194594
Bill Appleton 07753 573645
John Huxley 07889 174280
Andrew Whitelam 07770 993366
Kelly Barrett 07734 189076
David Lowe 07795 973733 Back to top
What is a Serious Injury?
For the purposes of this reporting system the following are viewed as ?serious injuries?:- Broken neck or spine
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Incident in which the player stops breathing
- Incident in which the player loses consciousness for a period of more than five minutes
- Head injuries leading to surgery or a stay of more than 48 hours in hospital
- Any other injury which is life threatening Back to top
What do I need to report?
The following information should be provided to the RFL Official:- Name of the player
- Age
- Nature of injury
- Cause of injury if apparent
- Venue where injury occurred
- Contact details for player?s family if available
- Name of player?s club
- Club contact details
- Hospital to which the player has been taken if known
- Any other relevant information Back to top
What will the RFL do?
The RFL Official will:- Inform the RFL Serious Injuries Officer, Dave Phillips who will make contact with the player?s family to see if there is any immediate support the RFL can offer
- Inform the rest of the group that the injury has occurred
- Handle enquiries from the media
- Deal with any requests for immediate assistance for the player?s family
- Inform the RFL Insurance brokers on the first working day after the incident Back to top