Summer Rugby and Appointments

The RFRU has been asked to remind Societies as to where we are on the Return to Rugby Pathway. Rugby is at Stage D of the pathway. This means that intra club activity can include some contact work and inter club activity is allowed as a non contact activity. Our strong recommendation is that a…

Hope all those that refereed last weekend enjoyed their games, the weather certainly seems to be with us at the moment although I was hoping for a drop in temperature coming into this weekend! The Weekend Ahead – It’s going to be Hot This week has seen temperatures rise up into the late twenties with…

Message from North Midlands Chairman, Charlie Hemmings The Referees Society have reported this morning the 4th incident of serious abuse addressed to referees. This is obviously a very concerning trend in such a short period of time since the Return to Play protocols.  Whilst the behaviour is generally isolated to individuals can Clubs be reminded that they are…

Welcome to what we hope will be a regular weekly update of what’s been happening on and off the field, and especially on the website Six Nations Tickets, Italy v England Tickets for England’s away game in Rome on 13th February are now available to purchase, by clicking on this link. There are a number…

Hope you’ve all had a great Christmas and looking forward to bringing in the New year! As we wrap up 2023 I thought I’d share some highlights of the year surrounding what we have achieved: In 2023, using WTR we have allocated referees to 1,591 matches broken down as follows : Day Matches Saturday 730…

Return To Play & Off Field Activity Guidance 2 December 2020 We have today shared further guidance for community rugby in England, after The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport [DCMS] issued updated guidelines on the return to recreational team sport from Wednesday 2 December. This includes all friendly fixtures and training for males…