Matt Goddard retires
According to the Rugby Paper today, Matt Goddard has retired from refereeing due to a chronic injury. No clues as to what that was, but never nice to see one of the top guys having […]
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Henry Allingham and Harry Patch
Henry Allingham – 6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009 Harry Patch – 17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009 I don’t apologise for this non-rugby post, but I’m just watching BBC2s tribute to […]
Steve Walsh is back
Glad to see Steve Walsh is back in the game. Obviously sorted himself out after his public fall from grace in NZ and now it seems the Australians have taken him under their wing. Now […]
Joel Jutge retires
Sources advise that Joel Jutge has been beaten by injury and has retired from refereeing. Can only find it briefly here: http://www.scrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/98352.html Sad news – apart from the terrible plastic whistle he used, he was […]
Neutral Refs for Lions?
An interesting article in today’s Independent newspaper on the issue of neutral referees in the forthcoming Lions’ Tests series. What do you think?
ERC job for Donal
Donal Courtney, the former Irish international referee, has been appointed as ERC’s first Match Officials Performance Manager. The ERC is the organising committee behind the Heineken Cup and the other various European tournaments. Full details […]
Lions referees announced
http://www.irb.com/mm/document/newsmedia/0/090428ccbritishirishlionstour2009matchofficialsxls_7594.pdf Interesting!
Steve Walsh retires
Source: http://www.planetrugby.com/Story/0,18259,3943_5246118,00.html Walsh hangs up his whistle Monday 27th April 2009 New Zealand’s longest serving professional referee Steve Walsh has retired from his job with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) following an enquiry into […]
Neutal refs for Lions
Neutral referees for Lions tests Friday 13 March 2009 The International Rugby Board has announced that the referee appointments for the three British & Irish Lions Tests in South Africa will come from neutral countries. […]
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RFU statement on Kaplan
Just clocked this on the RFU website: Statement on Jonathan Kaplan Brian Smith and Jonathan Kaplan have discussed the recent comments made by the England Attack Coach following the RBS 6 Nations match against Wales. […]