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Level 6 Referees who reached this level have achieved the highest grade they can within the Society, they are the best in the group and are to be congratulated. Further progress is achieved by getting onto the Midlands Group. Referees thought to have the necessary skills will be nominated by the West Midlands Federation and…

Maul question: A maul has formed, you call maul. The team not in possession clearly want to hold the ball up, but the team in possession get the ball clearly to ground. Under law 16.16.b, the maul is over. How do you now proceed? Society response: Play on.  As the ball is now clearly on…

Game Scenario: Red are kicking for posts. The ball drifts just wide and a Green player, in the in-goal area, stops it with his foot (making him the ‘kicker’). It bounces up into the arms of another Green player, also in-goal who is in front of him. He kicks it out to end the game….