Episode 23: The New Referee

In this week’s episode, we speak to Alistair Falconer Hall, a new referee in Oxfordshire, England.

He talks to us about why he decided to get into refereeing, his thoughts on the training he went through and what it’s been like in his first few games.

Hopefully you’ll be inspired by his journey and want to take the leap yourself – let us know! Maybe you’ve just done your referee training. We had a great conversation about all the things you’re probably thinking about – enjoy! If you are inspired, head to our links page to get information for the country you’re in.

Thanks Alistair, for putting himself forward a guest and for talking so openly about his initial learnings as a referee. If you have a view, or a story, or something you think we can cover on the show, then drop me an email and we’ll get you on!

Other things mentioned in the podcast:

• #RefSquad – You may have seen us using the #RefSquad hashtag on our social media content. If you’re posting your own content, then add that hashtag so we can all join up!
• You can also head to refsquad.com to join our Facebook referee community. There’s some application questions to answer and then we’ll let you in asap!
• Want to contribute to Keith’s coffee fund? Then head to rugbyreferee.net/coffee and you can help us keep the podcast coming, the emails and the website up and running! We’d be extremely grateful for any support. Thanks in advance!