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 […]
World Rugby
N-Pro headguard banned until World Rugby assessment can be completed
World Rugby has confirmed that the Contego Sports N-Pro head guard may not be used at any level of the game as the product has “not yet been independently and rigorously trialled or tested in […]
World Rugby
Referees to focus on dangerous head contacts
In a further effort to eliminate dangerous or reckless contact with players’ heads, World Rugby has issued a reminder to elite referees ahead of the November internationals instructing them to be especially vigilant in this […]
World Rugby
World Rugby Awards – Referee of Year 2016 shortlist
The World Rugby Awards are being held this coming Sunday, 13 November 2016, as the warm up act to the World Rugby Conference and Exhibition in London. Once again, the ceremony features the award for World Rugby Referee […]