Laws
Refereeing the ‘challenge in the air’
World Rugby have clarified the position on challenges in the air and how referees should rule on them. […]
Appointments
Egon Seconds to referee World Rugby U20s Championship final
The referee appointments for the final day of the World U20s Championships have been revealed. The France v England final, goes to the South African, Egon Seconds. His ARs will be Dan Jones (Wales) and Damon Murphy (Aus). Shane McDermott from New Zealand is the TMO. Full list available here […]
Show
Advantage Over podcast – Episode 6 – Craig Joubert talks 7s refereeing
Episode 6 of the podcast is now live. Last week, we caught up with Rugby World Cup Final referee, Craig Joubert who is now the Referee Talent Development Coach on the World 7s circuit. Naturally, we talked all things 7s refereeing. Listen now! […]
Appointments
Referees for International rugby weekend – 15-17 June
There’s nine Summer internationals, two Africa Gold Cup matches and a RWC Europe qualifier match to be played this weekend. See who’s refereeing what, here: […]
Refs in the Media
Week in the life of a Super Rugby referee – Jaco Peyper
Jaco Peyper talks to the Super Rugby YouTube channel about a “normal” week in the life of a Super Rugby referee. It covers post-match recovery, match and technical analysis, agility and speed training, next-match preparation, through to travel and logistics. Enjoy! […]
World Rugby
World U20s Championships semi-final and play off referees
The referees for the World Rugby U20s Championships semi-finals and play-off matches have been announced. […]
World Rugby
World U20s Championships – Day 3 match officials
Here’s the appointments for Thursday’s third round of matches in the World U20s in the South of France […]
7s
Joubert clocks up 200th and final World Sevens game
South African referee, Craig Joubert retired from the World Rugby 7s circuit on Sunday afternoon, clocking up his 200th and final match. Watch his reflections here: […]
World Rugby
World Rugby trial a lower tackle height at 2018 U20 competitions
World Rugby has announced a programme of dedicated law trials for the U20s tournaments to lower the acceptable height of the tackle. It is hoped that this will reduce the number of head injuries which occur to the tackler, support players and the ball carrier. For more, read here […]
Appointments
Garces on Final duty in Paris – plus SuperRugby and international referees
Jerome Garces will be in charge of the Top14 Final in Paris this weekend, plus we bring you all the appointments for SuperRugby, WorldRugby 7s in London and the international matches too […]