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Gus Garner and Tom Foley celebrate 50th caps in Super Rugby & Premiership

Weekend referees – 2-4 March

02/03/2018 Ref Comments Off

There’s a major storm across northern Europe this weekend but let’s see who should be where across the World 7s, Americas Rugby Championship, Super Rugby, Aviva Premiership, France’s Top 14 and the sole surviving Pro14 matche. […]

Six Nations referees for round 3, plus Super Rugby, Premiership, Pro14 & Top 14 appointments

22/02/2018 Ref Comments Off

A bumper weekend ahead as everyone is back in top-flight action – Six Nations, Super Rugby, Pro14, Premiership, RFU Championship and Top14 – see who’s refereeing what match here […]

Super Rugby season kicks off – and all the weekend referees

16/02/2018 Ref Comments Off

With the SuperRugby season kicking off this weekend, we bring you the match officials teams. There’s also action in the Americas Rugby Championship, Aviva Premiership, and Greene King Championship, the Top14 and Pro14 leagues. […]

France cleared of HIA breach

14/02/2018 Ref Comments Off

The Six Nations disciplinary process has concluded, finding no breach of process or protocol by French officials. […]

Neville to make PRO14 refereeing debut as 6 Nations, Americas Championships, Aviva Premiership and RFU Championship continue

08/02/2018 Ref Comments Off

Another busy weekend in the North as the 6 Nations continues, but with the Pro14 and Aviva Premiership back in action too. The main story is in the PRO14 as Joy Neville becomes the first female to referee a match in that competition, adding to her collection of “firsts” in the last eighteen months. Elsewhere, we bring you all the other officials for the 6 Nations (Men’s, Women’s and U20s), the Americas Rugby Championship, the Pro14, Aviva Premiership and the RFU Championship. All here: […]

Six Nations to review France v Ireland HIA process

04/02/2018 Ref 4

Statement from Six Nations Rugby Ltd: Disciplinary Update – France v Ireland HIA Protocol SNRL has in place a Head Injury Assessment Protocol that applies to the 2018 Championships, which has been approved by World […]

Americas Rugby Championship 2018 – Referees

03/02/2018 Ref Comments Off

The Americas Rugby Championship kicks off in earnest today. The referees are listed here: […]

Women’s 6 Nations referees 2018

03/02/2018 Ref Comments Off

The match officials for the Women’s 6 Nations are available on the site now […]

Waynes Barnes speaks to The Ruck podcast

03/02/2018 Ref Comments Off

International referee Wayne Barnes speaks to The Ruck Podcast ahead of the Nat West 6 Nations. Listen here […]

Pascal Gauzere, Nigel Owens & Mathieu Raynal all referee on weekend one of the Nat West 6 Nations 2018

Referees for Six Nations opening weekend 2-4 Feb

01/02/2018 Ref Comments Off

Horrah! It’s that exciting time of the year when the global rugby calendar kicks back into increasing force. The 6 Nations is back. There’s a Rugby World Cup place at stake. The Super Rugby squads are beginning their warm-up matches, and there’s the continuing Northern hemisphere domestic competitions. Check out the main match officials here […]