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No direct referee implication, for information only Players, unions and clubs support new guidelines for rugby contact training load Best-practice contact training load guidelines aim to reduce injury risk while maintaining or improving performance New guidelines set out advised weekly limits for full contact training (15 minutes), controlled contact (40 minutes) and live set piece…

Another day, another round of 7s! Today saw the conclusion of the U14s competition, and a very tight opening to the U16 competition, which finishes tomorrow, and once again there were some great rugby names on show. The pitches are just about holding up after some overnight rain and strong winds; the same can’t be…

Hope you are all having a great summer so far, the weather certainly helps brighten the mood. A quick note on summer fixtures – if you can update your availability on WTR across the summer months and any fixtures that come up can be assigned based on available refs. England Rugby Referee Society Members –…

Players wearing gloves – the latest guidance from the RFU Having had numerous queries on players wearing gloves, our previously communicated position was that gloves should not be worn. However, we understand that players may wish to wear them during the cold weather. Our advice is that they are changed for a different pair at…

Funeral arrangements have been finalised for John Ross: the service will take place on Thursday 6th.October at 1.00 pm, at Braddox Presbyterian Church, Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. Should the service be live streamed, we will publish the link in a bulletin. Birmingham Barbarians RFC will be arranging a memorial match before the end of October.

Thursday 21st October This week we will be talking about abuse and how as a team we can adopt an approach which is consistent and has been proved to work. We will be concentrating on player behaviour this month The link for the meeting will be published Tuesday but put that note in your diary…