Child protection checks on youth rugby coaches '˜not taken seriously'
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Dozens of unregistered coaches may have been allowed to take charge of young rugby teams without fully completing child protection checks under the former head of the youth game in Scotland, it has emerged.
According to evidence given to an employment tribunal last week, PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) checks carried out by Disclosure Scotland under the former director of domestic rugby Keith Russell “drifted and were not taken as seriously as they should have been”.
The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) made a concerted effort to improve their child protection procedure in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal involving youth football in late 2016.
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