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New Elite Referees announced

Fresh from Rugby House. Congrats to them both: Elite Rugby Department Strengthens Referee Unit With Two New Trainee Full Time Officials 7 May 2008The Elite Rugby Department of the RFU has announced two new appointments […]

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ELVs given go ahead

IRB announces global trial of ELVs (IRB.COM) Thursday 1 May 2008 ELVs relating to the lineout will be trialled wordwide The International Rugby Board Council today announced that it had approved a global trial of […]

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IRB Panels announced

The revised lists: The IRB International Referee Panel in 2008 is: Wayne Barnes (England), Lyndon Bray (New Zealand), Christophe Berdos (France), George Clancy (Ireland), Stuart Dickinson (Australia), Matt Goddard (Australia), Paul Honiss (New Zealand), Craig […]

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White card idea

An interesting idea….. Call for rugby white cards <!–dt></dt–> By Wayne Smith April 10, 2008 But on the evidence of last week’s round of matches alone, when not just the Hurricanes were left complaining about […]

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Lawrence takes new IRB role

Lawrence moves to the IRB Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:39 Keith Lawrence, the man who manages New Zealand’s top referees, is moving to the International Rugby Board, still working with top referees. Where he was […]

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ELVs

Since our southerm hemisphere chums started playing under the full set of ELVs, I took a decision not to watch any of it. Purely because I didnt want to get into the mindset of watching […]

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2008 6 Nations appts

With injuries to Chris White, family illness for Paul Honiss, and Malcolm Changlengs retirement, there have been some changed to the 6N appts. If you care, here they are: 6 Nations ApptsĀ 2008.pdf

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IRB law ruling: Making the ball dead

The IRB have clarified a number of different scenarios which have cropped up in England of late: law-ruling-who-makes-it-dead-feb-08.pdf Makes sense to me!

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Ed Morrison to head up elite referees unit

Morrison to manage referees Press Association Ed Morrison is to become the Rugby Football Union’s new elite referee manager. Morrison, who controlled the 1995 World Cup final between South Africa and New Zealand, will succeed […]

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New ELVs for Super14

SANZAR embrace ELVs for S14 Tuesday 04th December 2007Ā  Spectators and fans will witness a quicker and more “exciting” brand of rugby, following a decision by the South African, New Zealand and Australian Rugby Unions […]