Episode 32 – Refereeing ugly
Today, it’s a solo episode looking at the one of the less pleasant sides of our game – the general increase in angst and poor behaviour on and around the rugby field. We have a […]
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Episode 31 – Scottish Rugby’s Match Official Strategy with Andrew Macpherson
I’m joined by Andrew Macpherson, now the High Performance Match Official Manager from Scottish Rugby to talk about their new three year Refereeing and Match Official Development Strategy We chat about: Why there’s been a […]
Episode 30: Staying referee fit without any rugby
I’m joined for a second time by Ross Hanbury, a referee fitness specialist who’s been working with various referee societies and referees for some years now. We talk about all sorts of things through this […]
Episode 29: Three Blokes, a ball and Bod: A referee special
A slightly different style of show for you here as I bring you the audio of a Facebook Live show, recorded on 22 July 2020, and hosted by Three Blokes, A Ball & Bod. Co-hosted […]
Episode 28: Bonus edition: Law variation options for post-Covid-19 rugby
Bonus episode as World Rugby have today outlined 10 possible temporary law changes so that rugby can restart in a post-Coronavirus world. It will be up to individual Unions and competition chiefs to decide whether […]
Episode 27 – Mental Health & Resilience for rugby referees
Today, we’re joined by Nick Marshall, active referee and organiser of Marshalling Men’s Minds – a community and support network for those with poor mental health, We talked about his refereeing and mental health journeys […]
BONUS episode: Law change – Scoring against the post
World Rugby have today (12 May 2020) changed the scoring law, removing the ability for a player to score a try by grounding the ball against the post protector. Why? Well listen in and find […]
Episode 25 – Advantage
In the second of our shorter form podcasts, we take a look into refereeing advantage in rugby. It’s one of those areas, plenty of people have a view on, so let’s look into what the […]
Episode 24 – Refereeing the in-goal
Welcome to episode 24 of the Advantage Over podcast. This is the first of series of shorter podcasts aimed at keeping your refereeing mind ticking over – especially given the events we’re all living through […]
Episode 23: The New Referee
In this week’s episode, we speak to Alistair Falconer Hall, a new referee in Oxfordshire, England. He talks to us about why he decided to get into refereeing, his thoughts on the training he went […]