IRB Awards – Andre Watson among winners
Shane Williams: IRB Player of the Year 2008 (IRB.COM) Sunday 23 November 2008 Wales wing Shane Williams has been named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year for 2008. He received the prize at […]
Kelvin Deaker retires
Deaker puts away his whistle Tuesday, 11 November 2008 New Zealand rugby has lost the services of another frontline referee with Kelvin Deaker announcing his retirement. Deaker, 43, refereed 177 first-class matches, including 23 […]
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Law Ruling – The Maul
Fresh from the IRB: IRB Ruling #4 2008 The RFU has requested a ruling relating to Law 17 A maul is formed with Team A pushing their opponents (Team B) back towards their own goal […]
IRB: Referees to enforce tackle and ruck law
Referees to enforce tackle and ruck law (IRB.COM) Wednesday 4 June 2008 The IRB today confirmed that, following agreement at the annual Council meeting in May, a Laws protocol letter was sent to all Member Unions […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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