54 Results for author: Phillip Cole
Two new Preferred Options (PO) papers, written by Andy McMillan, have just been published:
PO#27 – Refereeing open play – the kicking game
PO#26 – Focus and Concentration in Refereeing
The full series of POs is listed here.
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Stephen Snoddy reached a very significant milestone by officiating at his 1,000th match for the Society on Saturday 27th January when he refereed Wilmslow v Warrington.
Stephen said, “It was a wonderful open match played in great spirit by both teams who were out to enjoy their rugby. There were only seven penalties, ...
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Club Membership Fees and Referees Expenses - New Approach
John Pemberton, Honorary Treasurer, announced at the December meeting the Society’s intention to introduce a new way for charging annual club membership fees and paying referees’ travel expenses.
The new approach is to take effect from the start of next ...
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More material has been added below:
An extra Society meeting was held on Tuesday 23rd May to cover the Tackle Height Domestic Law Variation. The following materials used at the meeting are now available:
October Society Meeting - Tackle Height Presentation
Tackle Height - So now we know (presentation on PO#23 ...
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Updated RFU Headcase Resources
The RFU recently updated its Headcase materials, which can be accessed from here. The resources include the e-learning Headcase Concussion Awareness module that all match officials should have completed.
Mike Hull, Chairman of Training & Development, said:
“It is worth stress...
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Message from:
Michael Patz (RFU Match Official Development Manager) &
Michael Priestley (Chair – Rugby Football Referees’ Union)
To:
All Society Referees and Match Observers
We hope you are all going well, enjoying some local rugby while taking in the Rugby World Cup 2023.
We all love our ...
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Michael Priestly, Chair of the Rugby Football Referees Union (RFRU), sent an open letter for the attention of all match officials. It is dated the 18th September and covers the reporting of discriminatory language either heard or reported during a match.
The letter can be downloaded from here.
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Distribution:
Referee Society Training Officers
Referee Society Secretaries
RFRU Secretary
Good afternoon,
I hope you’re well, or at least better than the weather! It was super to meet some of you in person on the recent Match Official Roadshows, thank you very much for your time and input on these events. ...
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One year from his interview for an England Rugby website article - "Young, Talented and in Control", Nathan Power, one of our Young Match Officials (YMO), features in this month's England Rugby Match Official Update.
Nathan recently refereed his first senior game (Broughton RUFC 1XV vs Ashton Under Lynne 1XV) and ...
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The presentation given by Roger Bowden, Chairman, at the Society meeting on 7 February 2023 is now available for download.
It covers some of the issues relating to the RFU announcement on lowering the tackle height with effect from July 2023.
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