Preferred Options paper on refereeing the lineout.
Revised December 2021
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What makes for a competent and effective Referee Assessor (Adviser)? This paper outlines the principles involved, the skills and knowledge required and the Society's expectations.
Revised October 2021
Revised: October 2019
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Amendments to the 2025-26 handbook are listed here.
Individuals’ contact details can be found in Who’s the Ref (WTR), which is assumed to hold the most up-to-date information.
Members and club contacts are asked to keep their contact details up-to-date on WTR and inform the Society at madrefs.info@gmail.com of ...
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This is a tool to help referees self-evaluate their performance against a comprehensive set of descriptors for effective and competent refereeing.
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Preferred Options paper for referee assessors (match observers) that describes what good advising looks like.
Updated October 2021
Updated: 1 October 2019
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Preferred Options paper on Starts, Restarts and Offside in Open Play.
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Preferred Options paper on refereeing the scrum.
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Preferred Options paper on techiques for helping referees take up the best positions to make timely and accurate decisions.
Revised March 2022
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Preferred Options paper on preparing for a match and the briefing of players.
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Fred Howard wrote this Preferred Options paper. It provides very useful guidance for referees to help them reduce the risk of problems associated with technical areas.
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