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Today, I walk through some great tips for all those rugby coaches out there who have to take charge of a match as a referee.
Are you a Coach with a Whistle (TM), rather than a rugby referee? Maybe you're a reluctant ref - a volunteer being thrust forward because you had too much to say during a match? Maybe you just didn't avoid eye contact quickly enough when your parents group were asked for help?
Or maybe you're just starting to think that you might want to give refereeing a go!
Well, firstly THANK YOU! Especially if you're the former, we know you’ve already given up so much of your spare time to dedicate to the kids under your charge. To cajole them from the proper littlies, through tag and into tackling rugby. That takes some doing and we know just how many of you are out there doing an awesome job. We all appreciate that.
If you're any of the latter, THANK YOU too! It's not easy to make those first steps, whatever reason sits behind it.
And, as the kids get older, the games of rugby they play get better, more structured, more… well.. rugby like. And so they need refereeing more too.
Our goal is to "Make rugby better - By making better referees", so here's six tips to help make rugby better for the kids in your matches.
Today, we're joined by Graeme Bloom - a unique person in the rugby refereeing community.
Graeme's a keen supporter of match officials and, despite an MND diagnosis in 2019, he remains committed to staying involved in refereeing our great game.
During the conversation we hear about his story and his ambitions to be a referee. We hear a little about his experiences in match officiating so far around the world.
We also chat about what he's done since his diagnosis, and what he'd like to be doing while he's able. He's been a match official in Cardiff, London, Edinburgh and in Italy, as well as supporting referees in London, Oxfordshire, Bristol and Kent Referees' Societies.
This weekend (12 August 2023) he arranged and hosted a charity match raising funds for the MND Association. Do support them if you're able.
Links:
Graeme - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/graemebloom/
Fundraiser website: https://www.rugby4mnd.co.uk/
Fundraiser link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/graemes-big-40-challenge
During the conversation we mention:
And some helpful resources to help understand Autism and Aspergers, and how we might communicate with players
If you have any comments about this episode, or suggestions for future shows, then drop me a line at [email protected]!
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Hi, Keith Lewis from RugbyReferee.net here with a general update on refereeing news! Plenty to chat about from the referees and refereeing world at the moment!
In this episode, I walk through:
1) New formal Law clarification - grounding on a thing in in-goal
2) Law issues
Loose ball brought to ground is classed as "held/holding"
Tackle law around the goal line
3) Appointments
Rugby World Cup 23 officials
U20s Championship & Trophy officials
4) Smart ball - Full story here
5) Tackle height news:
World Rugby confirm lower tackle height opt-in global law trial
Ireland - Rugbyreferee.net story
England - RFU Tackle Height Hub
Scotland - SRU Tackle Height Hub
New Zealand - Rugby Toolbox tackle hub - I reference the podcast chat with Mike Hester from NZRU - you can either scroll back through the other episodes, or head here.
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Today, I'm joined by New Zealand Rugby's Mike Hester to chat about their law variations for the 2023 rugby season. They include a lower tackle height, a restriction on scrum halves and for the pack as a whole. All three are important for all referees and match officials across Aotearoa.
Mike is NZR's Game Participation Manager, and he tells me about:
More on the changes: New Zealand Rugby game innovations 2023
Contact Mike via LinkedIn
If you have any comments about this episode, or suggestions for future shows, then drop me a line at [email protected]!
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It's a Happy New Year to you all! Today, Keith Lewis, founder of RugbyReferee.net and host of the Advantage Over podcast talks through a new World Rugby 2023 Law Application Guideline for 2023.
While much of it is targetted at the elite end of the game, the principles within it covers all of rugby no matter what level we're refereeing! So we need to be aware of the drive by World Rugby in these areas. The episode covers the six areas in the new Law Application Guideline (the link here includes some video clips)
1) Speeding up the game
2) TMO usage
3) Water carriers
4) Negative player actions
5) Players on the ground
6) Deliberate Knock ons
The blog version of this episode is at: https://rugbyreferee.net/2022/12/30/speeding-up-the-game-in-2023-world-rugby-law-application-guideline-issued/
If you have any comments about this episode, or suggestions for future shows, then drop me a line at [email protected]!
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Or you can connect with Keith personally on Twitter or LinkedIn
Today, it's a solo episode with Keith talking through all the new law changes and amends that have now come into play from 1 July 2022.
In summary, Keith talks about
Some good videos at https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/global-law-trials showing the scrum brake foot and water carrier poor behaviour
You can also view and download the law changes summary document at: https://rugbyreferee.net/2022/07/01/law-changes-come-into-play/
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If you have any comments about this episode, or suggestions for future shows, then drop me a line at [email protected]!
You can follow us here:
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Or you can connect with Keith personally on Twitter or LinkedIn
Today, we're joined by Tim Wyatt, a Sport and Exercise Psychologist (in training) to chat about... well.. sport and psychology! Especially for us as rugby referees.
We chatted about identifying your own values for refereeing, and then how we prep for a game, cope during the game, and finally the importance of reflection.
The article to go with this can be found at: https://rugbyreferee.net/2022/06/28/mental-skills-for-refereeing/
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You can find Tim at:
Website: https://www.timwyattpsychology.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimWyattPsych
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-wyatt
Email: [email protected]
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If you have any comments about this episode, or suggestions for future shows, then drop me a line at [email protected]!
You can follow us here:
Twitter: RugbyRefereenet
Instagram: RugbyRefereenet
Facebook page: RugbyReferee.net
Facebook group: RugbyReferee.net Community
Or you can connect with Keith personally on Twitter or LinkedIn
Today, it's a solo episode looking at the one of the less pleasant sides of our game - the general increase in angst and poor behaviour on and around the rugby field.
We have a look into how to manage and deal with these types of situations, whether it's players baiting each other, angsty touch judges, coaches, replacements and spectators.
There's some helpful lines and approaches that we have discussed in our referee community group, so my thanks to those who contributed their thoughts and experiences.
I hope you can take something from the episdoe - even if you disagree with some it. There's no monopoly on the correct approach, and as Keith says, what works for him, may not work for you.
If you have any comments about this episode, or suggestions for future shows, then drop me a line at [email protected]!
You can follow us here:
Twitter: RugbyRefereenet
Instagram: RugbyRefereenet
Facebook: Page: RugbyReferee.net
Facebook Group: RugbyReferee.net Community
Or you can connect with Keith personally on Twitter or LinkedIn
I'm joined by Andrew Macpherson, now the High Performance Match Official Manager from Scottish Rugby to talk about their new three year Refereeing and Match Official Development Strategy
We chat about:
You can connect with Andy on LinkedIn here
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