President’s Award Presented to Paul Houston

Last night (11th April) at the Society's President's Dinner,  the President of Manchester and District Rugby Union Referees Society (John Jeskins) presented Paul Houston (the Society's Hon. Sec.) with the President's Award.  The award is given at the President's discretion for service to the Society. More

World Rugby Head Contact Process Update March 2023

Attached is the latest version of the HCP. This follows both our discussions at the Lensbury pre 6 Nations as well as subsequent HCP working group discussions. HCP Update World Rugby 2023 As discussed there have been some cosmetic changes which reflect how we currently apply the process which are now formalised in ... More

Tackle Height – Update January 27 2023

Update January 27th Link: https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rfu-statement-tackle-height   The RFU Board, Council and executive staff apologise for the anger and concern that has been created among the rugby community by announcing the decision to lower the tackle height from next season. Rationale ... More

Law Application Guidelines & Revised Water Carrier Law Trial – Effective January 1, 2023

We have issued this Law Application Guideline following the Shape of the Game conference a few weeks ago. It formally becomes operational in January.  This reminds all stakeholders of existing law in a variety of areas of the game which require focus as we head towards RWC23. We are obviously in the period of ‘no law ... More

Young Match Officials Presented with their Society Shirts

Manchester and District Society issued their Young Match Officials with an early Christmas present at the December Society Meeting. Pictured are five of the society’s YMOs who attended the society meeting and were presented with new refereeing shirts by President, John Jeskins. John also congratulated Ollie as he has ... More

How Many Players? – Leagues’ Regulations

Rob Jones has put together a spreadsheet giving guidance on the number of players, replacements allowed by various leagues. It is there as a guide and referees need to keep checking league websites to keep fully uptodate. Click here for spreadsheet.   More

Not only Laws but Rules As Well

Please be aware that there are League Rules covering different situations such as teams having less than 15 players, no subs, more subs etc.  Please make sure you are aware of what the Leagues allow or do not allow. Halbro have Rules which cover these situations and can be found at Halbro North West Leagues as Rule ... More

Keep Your Boots On – Refresh

Over the last season the RFU have worked hard to refresh the Keep Your Boots On website, which as of today is LIVE! https://keepyourbootson.co.uk/ Please do take a look at this resource which looks to provide: Training & Development - access to a variety of online courses, videos and webinars designed to ... More

Game on, every game matters

Game On, every game matters Read on for a link to share with team managers and captains to support them in getting games played As the 2022/2023 season approaches, we want to let you know about an even more flexible Game On framework being introduced this season to help clubs keep games on and reduce cancellations. We ... More

Law Changes From July 1st 2022 And Water Carriers and Technical Zone FAQ

All the law changes come into force on Friday 1 July, or for competitions that start after that date. Some competitions, which have started in the last week or so, have been given permission to go early. The WR laws content – website and app - will be updated on Friday, and the World Rugby laws exam will be ... More