41 Results for author: Paul Watkins
From: Steve Bradford RFRU Safeguarding Manager
Sent: 21 July 2020 19:40Subject: Match Officials Coaching at Age Grade Rugby
Companions, I have received the following clarification from RFU Safeguarding Team in respect of Match Officials who attend Age Grade coaching sessions
Society’s should ensure that a ...
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Match Official Development
Distribution List:
RFRU Secretary
Referee Society Secretaries
Match Official Development Officers
Match Official Panel Development Managers
Monday 23rd March 2020
Dear colleagues,
We hope that you are all well and we are sure that like many of us you will be monitoring ...
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RFU Headcase Page
James Doherty – A HEADCASE encounter
My story is one of misplaced pride, stubbornness, fear and thankfully perspective.
Having played all my junior rugby at Fleetwood and later at Sedbergh School I enrolled at the University of Leeds and subsequently, Wharfedale RUFC, ...
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Lancashire Disciplinary have outlined the Technical Area Protocol as below:
RFU North have similar instructions.
NORTH DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS 2019 - 2020 para 12:
Introduction
There is a growing trend to ignore the technical area. Clubs and coaches use the excuse “the ...
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GAME VALUES - ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH TO PLAYER APPEALING / QUESTIONING DECISIONS / GENERAL BACKCHAT
At Premiership and Championship level, a concerted effort has been made over the last 2 years to enforce Game Values and the Rugby Core Values (Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline and Sportsmanship). Core ...
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For immediate release Issued on behalf of World Rugby
World Rugby confirms scrum law amendment
Reaffirming its commitment to evidence-based injury-reduction in the sport, World Rugby has announced details of a minor amendment to the scrum law, reducing the ‘axial’ or rotational load on front row players on ...
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To: RFRU & Referee Society Secretaries
I am sure that many of you will be aware of the recent announcement of the Half-Game Rule to become regulation from September 2019. It means that every age-grade player in clubs, schools and colleges is guaranteed to get half the available game time. Details can be found ...
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Change in definition of "hindmost" to support consistency and also approval of revised TMO protocol
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Please find the briefing report for the RFRU Board meeting held on 17/01/2019, which has been circulated to referee societies.
Match Official Development Priorities 2018-19
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Advice from the RFU on filling in Red Card Forms, remember help is always at hand from the Society.
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