New Year referees for Aviva Premiership round 12
The New Year weekend matches of the Aviva Premiership will be refereed by the following officials. A Happy New Year to all involved!
Year: 2016
Laws
New high tackle laws from 3 January 2017
World Rugby has announced a number of changes to the Laws of the Game to help eliminate the high tackle and reduce the risk of serious injuries. Law changes globally from 3 January Changes effectively lower […]
6Nations
2017 Women’s 6 Nations referees announced
The match official appointments for the Women’s RBS 6 Nations 2017 have been unveiled. The championship opener between Scotland and Ireland on 3 February will be refereed by Aimee Barrett of South Africa (pictured) with […]
6Nations
2017 Six Nations referees announced by World Rugby
World Rugby has revealed the match officials for the 15 matches in the 2017 RBS 6 Nations.
7s
Craig Joubert retires for World Rugby Talent role
Rugby World Cup 2011 final referee Craig Joubert is to retire from 15-a-side refereeing to take up the role of Referee Talent Development Coach at World Rugby. Joubert, 39, refereed 69 test matches since his […]
Womens
Premiership, PRO12 and International appointments
A bumper weekend of rugby, and with 20+ internationals around there’s some new referee faces being blooded across the Pro12 and the English Premiership. The PRO12 have been keen to point out two recently retired […]
World Rugby
Global law trials set for 2017 introduction
The World Rugby Council has approved the introduction of five changes to law to be trialled globally next year. The amendments, which deal in aspects of law including front-row replacements, advantage, touch, penalty tries and […]
Aviva Premiership round 8 – Referee appointments
Round 8 in the Aviva Premiership and with so many RFU referees out on international duty, it’s good to see the opportunity being grabbed by some new names. Andrew Jackson makes his debut at the […]
England Rugby launch Young Officials Programme
England Rugby has launched a Young Match Official (YMO) programme to encourage more young people aged 14-24 to get into refereeing. The programme aims to attract, train and retain 400 new young officiators to the […]
World Rugby
Nievas and Rasivhenge win Referee Award at World Rugby Awards 2016
At the glittering World Rugby Awards ceremony in London last night, the World Rugby Referee Award was awarded, for the first time jointly, to Alhambra Nievas of Spain and Rasta Rasivhenge from South Africa. Nievas […]