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Club Membership Fees and Referees Expenses – New Approach Launched

Club Membership Fees and Referees Expenses - New Approach Launched The Society’s new approach to charging its clubs membership fees and paying members’ matchday travelling expenses is now operational. With effect from today, 1st August 2024, the Society takes over from clubs the responsibility for paying refere... More

2024 – 2025 Meetings Calendar

The Society's 2024 - 2025 Meetings Calendar is available as a PDF file. Click on the link below. 2024 - 2025 Meetings Calendar More

Appointments – Cut-off dates 2024/25

Appointments - Cut-off dates 2024/25 Appointments during season 2024/25 will be made for approximately five-week periods. Cut-off dates for the season are given in the table below. These are the dates by when referees are asked to update their availability in WTR and "club fixture secretaries” are asked to notify the ... More

Club Membership Fees and Referees Expenses – An update

Message from: John Pemberton, Hon. Treasurer Club Membership Fees and Referees Expenses – An update Preparations for the implementation of the new way for charging annual club membership fees and paying members’ matchday travel expenses are on-track for the start of the 2024/25 season. Tasks completed since January ... More

England Rugby Match Official Update

Please follow this link to access the latest issue of the England Rugby Match Official Update: https://bit.ly/MatchOfficialUpdateJune24 Don’t miss out! Use this link to sign up now and join Dusty and John tonight on the Developing the Developers Masterclass call online. Please share this with your membership and ... More

Law Clarification: Kicker Moves to Kick a Conversion

Following a request from the JRFU, World Rugby have today published a clarification on what constitutes movement when a kicker moves to kick a conversion. In short, once a kicker is “finally settled, that indicates to everyone that the next time the player steps, or lifts a foot off the ground to step, that will be ... More

The College of Rugby fundraiser for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation

Our own Society referee Nathan Power is running with The College of Rugby, the team and staff along with their ex Sedgley Colts in the Manchester 10k to raise money for this wonderful cause. Donate and support Nathan for this wonderful cause using the link below. The Colleges fundraiser for My Name5 Doddie ... More

Injured Players Foundation: May Newsletter

Welcome to the May edition of the IPF newsletter! There is so much happening across the IPF that we wanted to take the opportunity to keep you updated with our work. We’ll share all the incredible things that have been happening along with all our plans for the upcoming season. Read on to find out more. ... More

London marathon completed in memory of Alan Farmer

Last Sunday, Stefano Cossu, the late Alan Farmer's son-in-law, completed the London Marathon in memory of Alan with an official time of 3:20:06. In doing so he raised a considerable sum for Macmillan Cancer Support. Stefano said, “Madrefs members donated nearly £500. Alan would have been proud of you ... More

Society April meeting – recording now available

A recording of the session on Refereeing the Quick Game - Positioning and Movement (35 minutes) at the April meeting is now available. (Thanks to Simon Vale for making and preparing the recording.) The session was led by Henry Pearson with contributions from Fred Eckersley and Jack Moorhouse. It included numerous video ... More