Laws
IRB Law ruling – when does game end?
Following the recent Wales v Scotland and the Wales v France games the WRU have saught clarity ove rthe end of games when there has been a score and time is close to being up: […]
Commentariat
Brian Moore “flawless” as a ref
Not sure Ive ever described myself, or been described as flawless, but Mr Pitbull himself seems to have suggested that his start as a referee was that good. Just a shame that 3 mins later […]
S14 Refs to front up to media
Refs to front at post match media conferences 2/10/2010 6:00 AM Photosport Major rethink for rugby’s referees who will attend post-match media conferences in future to be held accountable for their performances A desire to […]
Rugby World Cup
English Ref appointed to World Cup Finals
Some great news from the IRB for one of our up and coming referees: http://www.scrumqueens.com/news/180-womens-referees-to-make-history.html Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2010 will not only showcase the world’s leading players, but it will see ten of […]
Matt Goddard retires
According to the Rugby Paper today, Matt Goddard has retired from refereeing due to a chronic injury. No clues as to what that was, but never nice to see one of the top guys having […]
Uncategorized
Henry Allingham and Harry Patch
Henry Allingham – 6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009 Harry Patch – 17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009 I don’t apologise for this non-rugby post, but I’m just watching BBC2s tribute to […]
Steve Walsh is back
Glad to see Steve Walsh is back in the game. Obviously sorted himself out after his public fall from grace in NZ and now it seems the Australians have taken him under their wing. Now […]
Joel Jutge retires
Sources advise that Joel Jutge has been beaten by injury and has retired from refereeing. Can only find it briefly here: http://www.scrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/98352.html Sad news – apart from the terrible plastic whistle he used, he was […]
Neutral Refs for Lions?
An interesting article in today’s Independent newspaper on the issue of neutral referees in the forthcoming Lions’ Tests series. What do you think?
ERC job for Donal
Donal Courtney, the former Irish international referee, has been appointed as ERC’s first Match Officials Performance Manager. The ERC is the organising committee behind the Heineken Cup and the other various European tournaments. Full details […]