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    Tips to get the most out of your refereeing 

    Published on 04-01-12 03:01  Number of Views: 7267 
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    The reasons people plateau will vary; some may not even realize they never had "it", thought they did, and kept spinning their wheels in L5 forever, only to be finally "dropped" not b/c they've gotten worse, but b/c they're 35 and there's a 25 year old ...
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    Referee Web Award Results 

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    Robert Burns
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    Published on 21-12-11 12:12     Number of Views: 5368 
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    The main Referee Web Awards Voting is over, our members looked at websites and judged on looks, content, Referee usefulness and Public Relations ability, as well as other things. To be eligible the website must be:-


    • Based on it's own site (i.e. not part of a unions site, RugbyFirst & RugbyNet are acceptable as they can be customised to be their own site).
    • It must be free for referees to use.
    • It must be predominantly for referees (applies to non society/association sites).


    The top website from each country (unless a country has less than two websites) also get that countries Website of the year, and a public vote to be commenced ...
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    Remarkable Referees - John F Miner OAM 

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    Published on 09-12-11 03:12     Number of Views: 6470 
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    In this article, the first in a series which depict referees who have made great contributions to rugby, we acknowledge John F Miner of Newcastle, NSW.

    In 1950 John Miner began a career in rugby which continues to this day. For 61 years he has been completely involved with the service of rugby & assisting rugby players.

    In 1950 he began refereeing in Newcastle. By 1954 he had reached First Grade standard and began controlling senior representative fixtures.

    From 1954 to 1967, he controlled in excess of 175 First grade ...
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    Tuilagi & Wood Red Cards 

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    Published on 05-12-11 01:12     Number of Views: 7072 
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    This weekend saw the grudge match that is Leicester vs Northampton at Welford Road, and for some, the match proved to be every bit as tight as expected.

    The main talking point of the game however is the two straight Red Cards that Referee Wayne Barnes gave to Alessana Tuilagi & Tom Wood, and in this article I'll look into this incident.

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    Referee Website Awards Update 

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    Published on 01-12-11 12:12     Number of Views: 2563 
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    The Referee Web Awards are underway at RugbyRefs.com and all members are eligible to vote for any website that is not their own society.

    So make sure you get your vote in and ...
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    Scotland v Ireland Sexton failed HIA

    Thread Starter: L'irlandais

    Irish Rugby Football Union’s updated post concussion guidelines, suggest a Graduated return to play of 19 to 21 days for a senior player in the Amateur game, following a failed HIA. A handy wallet form of the guidance is available to download on the linked page. The main difference between the...

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    crossref

    Reload

    Thread Starter: crossref

    In England v France i noticed NO a few times telling a team at a ruck/tackle to RELOAD it must be new reffing jargon? what does it mean ?

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    MadRef77

    1 AR and 1 TJ?

    Thread Starter: MadRef77

    Apologies if I accidentally double posted. I searched the forum for similar topics but found nothing relevant. I was discussing this issue with one of the most experienced colleagues in our union. It's about a praxis our appointers use frequently, due to the low number of active referees we...

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    breako

    Scotland V Ireland at 5 mins

    Thread Starter: breako

    At 5mins, Ireland V Scotland, you'll see on this youtube link: https://youtu.be/Z1I4PWKjjzs?t=971 if you jump into 16:14 Bundee Aki is penalised for hands in ruck. But he enters thru and since he is at the ball can he not just pick up, since he is the last man? Thanks

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    didds

    May in-goal hold back?

    Thread Starter: didds

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVUCTF5LUM Ball is kicked in goal, May and French defender (FD) in a foot race for the ball. They both end up on tyhe ground and slide into in-goal after the ball. May's right arm hooks around FD's left arm and potentially holds him back/down, and Farrell...

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