Club Information 2026/2027

Please follow this guide for the 2026/27 season:

Club Information for Web Site 2026.27. FINALDownload

Who’s The Ref (WTR)

WTR is the system used nationally by England Rugby Football Union (RFU) for the appointment of all referees. North Midlands have been using this for many years now for management of fixtures, referee availability, fixture appointment and expenses.

The key to success is the information held within WTR. As a club, please ensure that the relevant contact details of the positions below are up to date, preferably at the start of each season:

  • Club referee contact
  • Club fixtures secretary
  • Treasurer / Contact responsible for invoice payment

If the information held is incorrect or out of date the emails will be missed when assigning a referee and any subsequent follow up communications.

If you are a club coach/official, please check with your nominated club contact before requesting a referee. The club contact is only person who can add referee requests to the WTR database. The society can only appoint a referee when a fixture is placed on WTR.

How to Make Changes (WTR)

If and when you need to update WTR, please follow the below process:

  1. The new club contact or other position as mentioned above needs to register with WTR. To do this please click this link directing you to ‘Who’s the Ref’ homepage.
  2. Click on ‘Register’, choosing rugby and club admin as shown below.
  3. In the comments box please ensure you provide the name of the club you are responsible for and the position within the club held, i.e. ref contact, treasurer etc

The incumbent contact, where possible, should email our Admin Officer to inform the society of the change and the name of the new contact.

Registering the finance contact is not essential, we ask that you do this to ensure that our match fee invoices are sent to the correct person. If no finance contact is available, we will send these to the club contact. The society preference is to hold the relevant contacts within WTR and send communications using the email system.

The society’s club administrator will confirm by email when the change has been completed. If you need further training on WTR, please check out the Support Hub on the website, left hand toolbar once logged in.