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A copy of the presentation given by Roger Bowden, M&DRURS Chairman, at the October 2022 meeting on Match Official Abuse is now available for downloading.
It covers the "five deadly sins" that constitute abuse and provides practical guidance for referees.
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The RFU have issued first aid and immediate care provision standards for all age grade rugby and adult community rugby. The standards are to be applied for the forthcoming season. Whilst implementation is the responsibility of clubs, match officials should be aware of what is required. Please click here for the RFU ...
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Message from: Mike Hull, Safeguarding Officer, M&DRURS
To: Referees and Assessors
Accessing the RFU’s eLearning Safeguarding Training
For those of you who have not completed the RFU’s Safeguarding Training course and would like to do so, an online version is available.
The RFU now require that new DBS ...
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A new Preferred Options paper (#18), "Sanctions and Dealing with Foul Play Plus Managing Yellow and Red Cards", has just been published.
PO#4 on positioning has been revised.
The complete list of PO papers can be found here.
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Yesterday, referees’ societies in England received a message from Mike Priestley, the chair of the Rugby Football Referees Union (RFRU), concerning match official abuse and appealing, backchat and challenging. It is reproduced below.
The RFRU recognises that there is a worrying increase in these regretful incidents ...
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Well done to Nathan Power, one of our Young Match Officials (YMO), who was interviewed for an England Rugby website article - "Young, Talented and in Control".
The article highlighted that there are more than a thousand qualified YMOs, many of whom, according to England Rugby, show huge potential.
In common with ...
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Preferred Options (PO) paper #21 address issues of perceived disparity between refereeing at the professional and the Community Game levels. Players and coaches in the Community Game who have watched top-level games may now have modified expectations of what to expect from Society referees.
The PO, which includes ...
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Additional Guidance from RFU Match Official Development Manager
To: RFRU & Referee Society Secretaries, Referee Society Training Officers
Dear colleagues,
I hope you are all keeping well.
This is a joint message with David Barnes, RFU Head of Discipline. As we have previously discussed age grade and ...
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Andy McMillan, Chairman of Training & Development, introduced the thinking behind the Society’s “Preferred Options” (PO) papers at the pre-season meetings in August.
The idea of the papers is to help referees and assessors work towards taking a more consistent approach and to continually improve the refereeing ...
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World Rugby issued a law application guideline for the breakdown on 2nd April following the Executive Committee's approval of recommendations by the specialist breakdown working group. According to the RFU this came about after considerable lobbying from the RFU (and others) to help enforce existing law and help to reduce ...
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