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Alain Rolland to head World Rugby referees

11/03/2016 Ref Comments Off on Alain Rolland to head World Rugby referees

Rolland appointed as High Performance 15s Match Officials’ Manager for World Rugby.  Former international referee Alain Rolland has been named World Rugby’s High Performance 15s Match Officials’ Manager to replace Joël Jutge. During an illustrious […]

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SuperRugby referee appointments – Round 2

01/03/2016 Ref Comments Off on SuperRugby referee appointments – Round 2

SANZAAR has announced the referee, AR and TMO appointments for Round 2 of the 2016 Super Rugby season:   Crusaders v Blues @ AMI Stadium, Christchurch Date Friday 4 March 2016 Referee: Paul Williams ARs: […]

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Super Rugby round 1, referee appointments

23/02/2016 Ref Comments Off on Super Rugby round 1, referee appointments

The match officials for the first round of the 2016 Super Rugby season have been unveiled. They are as follows: Blues v Highlanders @ Eden Park, Auckland Date Friday 26 February 2016 Kick-Off 19:35 local […]

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Yantolo appointed new South Africa Rugby Referees Manager

12/02/2016 Ref Comments Off on Yantolo appointed new South Africa Rugby Referees Manager

Former referee Mzwamadoda “Banks” Yantolo has been appointed as SA Rugby’s new Referees Manager as a slight restructure will see the Referees Department henceforth operate within the Rugby Department based at SA Rugby’s offices in […]

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SuperRugby refs pool announced

11/02/2016 Ref Comments Off on SuperRugby refs pool announced

2016 Super Rugby referees announced Nine first-time members of the squad including Federico Anselmi (Argentina) and Shuhei Kubo (Japan); No change to TMO protocols   SANZAAR, the updated name for SANZAR now that Argentina are […]

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Tim Wigglesworth joins RFU Premiership 100 Club

05/02/2016 Ref Comments Off on Tim Wigglesworth joins RFU Premiership 100 Club

Congratulations to Tim Wigglesworth who this weekend becomes the 11th referee to reach the 100 Club in the RFU’s top league. The Hull-based official made his Premiership debut on 16th March 2007 when he whistled at Kingston […]