Training This Thursday

Lets enjoy the tremendous strides forward made by two of our members. Leonie Pryor and Neil Chivers were both chosen to act as 4th and 5th officials at the men’s and women’s varsity matches held at Welford Road, Leicester recently. Since then Neil has continued with Championship games until he was appointed as a Premiership…

League Restructure Season 2022-23 Many of you will have heard about the league restructure for next season. Here is a brief summary from our Chair, based on what information is available. The RFU will manage referee appointments to matches down to and including level 4 (National League 2). New cross-regional Federations will be expected to…

The RFU Council has today made the difficult decision to cancel the Adult Competitive Leagues (Level 3 and below for Men, Level 2 and below for Women) for the 2020/21 season. We believe that, even if a return to full contact rugby becomes possible, playing a meaningful competitive league season resulting in promotion and relegation…

The RFU have produced some excellent resources to help us all get back into our game. This link gives you access to these resources England Rugby – Return to Rugby Resources Also attached is the link for Wayne Barnes talking through the head contact process  Connected Match Officials – Head Contact Process.

The vast majority of members, especially if they referee regularly on Sundays, will know Paul Scott. Paul has found it necessary to step back from his current Sunday appointments role with immediate effect. Please do not contact him regarding forthcoming matches etc. There will be an announcement in due course about how the Society will…