The recent furore over the Sam Cane v Robbie Henshaw collision in the second test between Ireland and New Zealand got me to thinking about the merits of using slow motion video to make judgements about potential foul play incidents in rugby. I think we have all heard the meme that sometimes, looking
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JP (John Paul) Doyle is a referee that all English rugby fans will know. Having risen up the ranks quickly in the RFU, JP became a full time referee in 2008 as part of the RFU's elite referee trainee program,
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With just a handful of tier one Internationals to his name, Pascal Gaüzère is one of the most inexperienced test referees in the RWC team. One of three French referees
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Penalised this on Saturday. Typical number of players running up to the S?H who tapped and passed. They were surprised - said it was just a tap and pass. looked more like the CC at the 1987 Wales v England game. Highlights here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukm_T_nXqg - near the end. OB when...
Interesting scenario this past weekend.
L7 League match. Pre match preamble with the coaches all going well, team talks done and I'm just getting down to my own warm up routine.
Away Coach approaches me and says "Ref, this session if the changing rooms are close we go in at half-time."
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I’d like the hive minds opinion on when you would penalise a team for being late onto the field of play with a penalty.
one team was late today leading to a 1402 KO instead of 1400. Oppo coaches were adamant I should have given a penalty, voicing their opinions both before and after the game...
Just picking up an issue from another thread where people have implied that Club refs and clubs who allow fixtures with them to take place are not covered by RFU insurance as they must have a minimum qualification.
If that's the case that could spell serious trouble as I'm sure most societies do...
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Today at U15s girls match i witnessed a girl being knocked out by someones foot during a tackle.
The girl was face down with arms by her side and did not move for 10 seconds. The girl was head injury assessed by a doctor and cleared to carry on.
Im confused! Trauma to the head that is...
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Thread Starter: PinkyPenalised this on Saturday. Typical number of players running up to the S?H who tapped and passed. They were surprised - said it was just a tap and pass. looked more like the CC at the 1987 Wales v England game. Highlights here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukm_T_nXqg - near the end. OB when...
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