The Resident Referee’s Room: ‘Scrums Are A Mess’
Below are the figures for the most penalised players in the group stages of this season’s HEC pools. Do you see the trend? TWENTY THREE yes that’s 23 props and a hooker in a list of 31 players were...
View ArticleThe Resident Referees Room: Lions Referee’s
The IRB has announced the referees for this summer’s Lions’ tour to Australia and other summer games. What are we to make of the selections? Here they are: 1 June 2013 LIONS British & Irish Lions v...
View ArticleThe Resident Referees Room: Dangers Of Social Networking
The word on the street, is that a Welsh referee and an employee of the union have been “removed” following their making remarks via Twitter about the lack of a Red card in the final of the HK 7s....
View ArticleThe Dangers Of Social Networking – Part 2
As a follow up to the last article this matter is now in the public domain. One of the referees concerned has been banned for 12 weeks. Of course he has already resigned so the ban is, in effect,...
View ArticleThe Resident Referees Room: Changes To The Laws…Again!
Next season sees yet another change to the laws regarding the scrum engagement. The Crouch, Touch, Set will be “amended”. Here’s the new system: “The “crouch”, “touch”, “set” engagement calls...
View ArticleThe Resident Referee’s Room: Reviewing Rugby Rules
Here’s the second part of my review looking at law 10. More next time! Law 10 Foul Play 10.1 OBSTRUCTION (b) Running in front of a ball carrier. A player must not intentionally move or stand in front...
View ArticleThe Resident Referees Room: Reviewing Rugby Rules Part 2
Here’s the third part of my review looking at law 11. More next time! Law 11 Offside and Onside in General Play DEFINITIONS At the start of a game all players are onside. As the match progresses...
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