Welcome back :) Candace and Rob meet up this week to review the matches from the Women’s 6Nations (W6N) and more !

Rob highlights the usual Super Rugby appointments for the men’s + women’s

Highlight some key decision making during the Women’s final at the Hong Kong 7s

Moving onto the main segment which is reviewing some key moments from Week 1&2 of the W6N.

Golden Whistle: Precious Pazani

Law of the week: 10.1d Loitering (the returning law)

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Candace, Rob and Pearcey meet up for a special guest pod.

What hasn’t our guest achieved refereeing?

x2 Olympics, Rugby World Cups, World Series 7s, WXV, Commonwealth Games, Super Rugby and more

Tyler discusses:

1) Becoming a Police officer while being a rugby referee

2) Olympics - being part of the team of three for Gold Metal match in Paris

3) Fitness times for rugby 7s referees

4) What does recovery look like for elite referees after injury?

5) Rapid fire questions

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Candace, Rob and Pearcey meet up to reflect on the 6 Nations finishing for the men.

Luckily the Women’s 6 Nations (W6N) begins this weekend (March 22nd)

They highlight the appointments from across Super Rugby and the W6N.

Then review the updated World Rugby Rankings based on the 6Nation results. Plus share some crazy stats from the top try scorers.

Quiz Master Rob tests the team on their knowledge around the word ‘Matador’.

Law of the week: Lineout 18.13

Ending the pod with a different Golden Whistle : Glen Jackson

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Hello Hello — Candace, Rob and Pearcey meet up again after a massive weekend full of Super Rugby and 6nations.

They highlight some appointments for the coming weekend.

Reflect on the captain management from the 6nations match- Ireland vs France.

Summarize some key learnings from the 1st Rugby Australia- Match Official Webinar.

Rob explains more about the Foul Play Calibration Group.

Law of the week: 9.11

Golden whistle: Cliff Dodds

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Candace, Rob and Pearcey meet up again for an exciting week ahead for 6nations and Super Rugby.

They run through some key appointments from across the competitions from PWR to Super Rugby (Women’s & Men’s)

Rob tests the others with a Pop Quiz - of the Old vs New rugby terms.

Plus they review how the match officials managed the technical zone- during the Hurricanes vs Blues Super Rugby match.

Law of the week: 7.2c - Advantage

Golden Whistle: Maggie Cogger-Orr

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Candace, Rob and Pearcey reunited again.

Highlights: Women’s Super Rugby, Vancouver 7s, 6nations matches, and the Men’s Super rugby.

Discussion on head contact from some of the Super Rugby Matches, and how referees managed this on field.

Focus on Rugby Australia’s Concussion Management Procedure (CMP) update.

Pub quiz knowledge for the Calcutta Cup for those rugby nerds.

Golden Whistle: Ella Goldsmith - Gold metal match for Vancouver 7s

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This week Pearcey and Candace review some rugby news- broadcast deals in Rugby, wheelchair rugby referee course (Register your interest at [email protected]!)

Pearcey reflects on his Match Official Development Conference.

We highlight some of the Round 1 of the Super Rugby. With a focus on the Waratahs vs Highlanders match.

Ending the pod with the Graham Coopers- Rapid Fire Questions.

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Educator, referee and integral part of the rugby framework in Australia. The guest this week is Super Rugby Referee- Graham Cooper (Coops).

Coops describes his rugby background and how he got into refereeing but also his role at Rugby Australia.

He breaks down the Game Management Guidelines (GMGs) and how its created for international, domestic etc

Also all you need to know about how running Perth 7s is like and the match officials participation.

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Candace and Rob meet up to discuss all things referee related.

With 6 Nations match review on key moments in England v France. Which links to what is the definition of a knock on?

Super Rugby begins this weekend with Candace and Rob running through the appointments for match officials.

Main focus is on some MLR law variations.

Golden Whistle: Sam Grove- White

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Our guest Rachel Horton- this week has an amazing background before becoming an International TMO for World Rugby. Rachel recently was involved with Perth 7s and will continue her work for the Women’s 6 Nations 2025.

The Play On team ask Rachel about decision making for TMOs and her thoughts around the use of technology within the sport of rugby. As well as her thoughts on what separates elite referees from others?

The interview finishes with the Play On ‘rapid fire’ questions.

Then Rob and Candace reflect on the men’s 6 nation results and match officials decisions

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To listen to more about Rachel Horton’s story on military/ PHD/ principal life:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/64y6CNY6bjJ1qX2qn6eWpy?si=3xabV0DdRJK4DOX6xtCMTA

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