St Joseph’s ARLFC acknowledges its responsibility in line with the RFL’s Respect Campaign via its players code of conduct.

Open Age Players
• Be a good sport. Respect all good play whether from your team or the opposition and shake hands with and thank the opposition players and officials after the game win, lose or draw.
• Participate for your own enjoyment and benefit. Make every effort to develop your own abilities.
• Always respect the match official’s decision.
• Make every effort to be consistent with Fair Play and the Laws of the Game. Never get involved foul play.
• Honour both the spirit and letter of the competition rules and live up to the highest ideals of ethics and sportsmanship; avoid gamesmanship and respect the traditions of the game.
• Never engage in disrespectful conduct of any sort including swearing, obscene gestures, offensive
remarks, taunting or other actions that are demeaning to other players, officials or supporters. Treat others as you would like to be treated.
• Care for and respect the facilities and equipment made available to you during training and competition.
• Safeguard your health; don’t use any illegal or unhealthy substances.
• Recognise that many officials, coaches and match officials are volunteers who give up their time to provide their services. Treat them with the utmost respect. Remember, without them you do not have a game.
• Do not bet or otherwise financially speculate, directly or indirectly, on the outcome or any other aspect of a rugby league match or competition in which you are involved.
Junior Players
• After consultation with children and young people this is what they would like to see from others involved in the game:
- Keep training and games fun - winning is not the primary objective for young people playing the game; having fun is.
- Everyone makes mistakes. There should be no undue criticism of any player who makes a mistake -encouragement reaps more benefits.
- Coaches should not lose their temper.
- All adults should be role models in everything they do - do not swear, abuse officials, show unsporting behaviour, encourage foul play, enter the field of play or drink or smoke when around children and young people.
- Report any incidents of bad behaviour.
• After consultation, children and young people agree to:
- Give 100% effort at all times.
- Encourage team mates who make mistakes.
- Not argue with the referee.
- Listen to the coach.
- Play as a team.
- Dress smartly
- Welcome all new players, from all backgrounds,whether or not they have played before.
- Treat the other team with RESPECT.
- Attend all training sessions when possible.
- No bullying.