Pitchcare
Goalpost safety
guidance
Serious and fatal accidents have occurred due to inappropriate use, maintenance, construction, design and/or installation of goalposts
• Applies to socketed & freestanding full size posts • All free-standing goals must be anchored in use and during storage
• All socket type goals should be concreted into the ground
• Steel cup net hooks shall not be used
• Applies to all non full size goals • All free-standing goals must be anchored in use and storage
• All socket type goals must have weighted
• All socket type goals should be concreted into the ground
• Steel cup net hooks shall not be used
follow the general guidance laid out below. The relevant standards are:
World Rugby supplied the following statement: “For World Rugby and our member unions, player safety is the number-one concern in all aspects of the game and the structure of goal-posts is
required, it is up to our individual member unions as these. We do, however, recommend that input into the development of the EN standard, safety in mind.”
There are other goals that are not covered by need to be checked also for stability and general upkeep. For example, netball goals should not be winds. Portable goals, such as basketball goals, should be adequately weighted.
Check at least and before any game
of movement in sockets
• Any broken cord in the nets the goal
Check • Check that anchors are secure • If weights are used, check they are present • Check that the goal has not been bent or otherwise damaged whilst being moved
• That if removing the posts, the sockets are covered with appropriate covers
Check tested for strength and stability using a test rig, and never by hanging or swinging from the crossbar.
to every goal. should be established to record when the goal was was installed and how it is maintained.
21 years to ensure that evidence of good subsequent legal proceedings.
Goals should be: • Properly stored when not in use
• Note that portable posts may be chained securable enclosures
Should not be:
Replacement items should always: • Be purchased from the original manufacturer or supplier
• New goals should conform to the latest
• Manufacturers should be able to supply test
• Wooden goals should not be used and do not meet the European Standard
Copies of the standards can be found at:
www.bsi-global.com
The RFU -
www.englandrugby.com/governance/ legal-and-admin/health-and-safety
142 I PC APRIL/MAY 2016
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