Blog
Blog: Our views on the SBW red card
Well, what a second test match that was as the British & Irish Lions fight back in the series with the first All Black defeat on home soil for a long time. And a match […]
Year: 2017
Womens
Daniels hopes to inspire the next generation of female rugby referees
Aviva Premiership Rugby’s first female official, Clare Daniels, has urged girls and women to take up officiating. As part of last week’s Women in Sport week, Daniels called upon girls and women thinking of trying officiating […]
Rugby World Cup
Referees for Lions v All Blacks second test, RWC Qualifiers & Super Rugby
After Jaco Peyper’s turn last week, and Romain Poite of France in the midweek match on Tuesday, fellow Frenchman Jérôme Garcès assumes the lead role for Saturday’s All Blacks test against the Lions. After a […]
Rugby World Cup
Weekend referees Lions v All Blacks and summer internationals
After quite a build up, the Lions take on the All Blacks in the first of three test matches. South African referee Jaco Peyper once again takes the whistle, before handing over to his French […]
Uncategorized
France reprimanded for HIA/substitutions confusion in Six Nations
Six Nations Rugby have issued the following statement following HIA incidents involving Uini Atonio at the end of the France v Wales match in this year’s RBS 6 Nations: The Untoward Incident Review Group […]
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Lions and international referee appointments for 16-20 June
In Georgia, Nic Berry (above) of Australia has been appointed to referee Sunday’s final of the World Rugby U20s championship between England and New Zealand. Congratulations to him. Turning to the weekend, the International Stadium […]
Womens
Hollie Davidson joins pro rugby referee ranks in Scotland
Scottish Rugby has today announced the appointment of former Scotland Women U20 cap, Hollie Davidson (pictured left), as Scotland’s first contracted female rugby referee. The 24-year-old, made her international refereeing debut on the World Rugby […]
World Rugby
Summer internationals – Referees for 9-11 June weekend
A quiet weekend for rugby…. Nope, not really. Plenty of action for most of the rugby playing world overseen by the leading referees and match officials from all over the globe. The international ‘summer’ window […]
Laws
What laws are the Lions’ matches being played under?
As of this week, all global rugby is being played under the new set of law variations being trialled by World Rugby. As we reported in November last year, the southern hemisphere teams have been […]
World Rugby
Top 14 Final, Super Rugby, U20s Champs and Lions series – weekend referees 2-4 June
After the UK finals last weekend, the French Top14 takes it’s turn in the spotlight as Romain Poite (pictured) oversees his second final in Paris as Clermont take on Toulon. Down in New Zealand, the […]