Slides used at pre-season meeting are now available

The slides used in the presentations at the pre-season meeting held on 8th September can be downloaded from here. More

RFU Safeguarding information updated

Introduction Building on the “Safeguarding Awareness’ session at the pre-season meeting held at Sedgley Park on 8th September, here are some follow-up notes.  The slides used can be downloaded from here. We start the 26/27 season with: A new safeguarding framework: RFU Regulation 21 The RFU Safeguarding ... More

Latest RFU Headcase Resources

Latest RFU Headcase Resources Following the publication of the Government’s UK Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport, the RFU's HEADCASE resources have been given a new look and updated to align with these guidelines. The RFU’s HEADCASE programme aims to increase understanding and provide information on ... More

RFU Season Delay Guidance

Following their announcement last week that the start of the competitive community rugby season has been delayed by two weeks, the RFU have issued further guidance to help guide CBs, referee societies, clubs, schools, colleges, universities, coaches, referees and volunteers through the upcoming weeks. RFU community ... More

Pre-season Meeting at Sedgley Park re-arranged – now on 8th September

The pre-season  meeting due to be held at Sedgley Park RUFC on Tuesday 25th August has had to be postponed. It will now take place on 8th September.   More

RFU announce delay to start of season for competitive community game

The RFU announced today in a statement that they have decided to delay the start of the competitive community game season until the week commencing Monday 21 September. The statement explains that the prolonged dry weather has left many grounds across the country hard and unsuitable for safe full-contact activity. With ... More

Notice of AGM – 7th July 2026

Manchester & District Rugby Union Referees Society Ltd - Notice of AGM  The Society's Annual General Meeting this year will take place on Tuesday 7th July, 7pm for a 7:30pm start. It will, as usual, be held at Wigan RUFC. The agenda and papers for the meeting will be made available at lest two weeks beforehand. ... More

RFU features Madrefs charity match vs Looseheadz

The highly successful and enjoyable Loosehadz vs Madrefs charity match held just after Christmas is featured in an article on the RFU website. More than £2,000 was raised for the Looseheadz mental health charity. Congratulations are due to all those who organised the event and participated on the day. This ... More

Peter Hughes BEM – A lifetime of achievement in refereeing and in service to the Game

  Peter had been a player at Oldham RUFC and Kersal RUFC but decided to take up the less dangerous option of refereeing when he acquired his dental practice.  He was elected formally, as was the custom at that time, to membership of the Society on 3rd September 1963.  There could have been little doubt as to his ... More

New initiative: MadRefs Club Praise

Jonny Cartwright, with help and creativity from Morgan Sparke, is starting a new feature on the socials called “MadRefs Club Praise”. As Jonny explained, “Each Monday (hopefully) a different club /team will feature in an Instagram post similar to this one. The intention is to highlight the positives and hope ... More