IRFU Referees Continue to Progress through the Ranks IRFU referees continue to progress on both the domestic and international fronts and the National Referee Panels for the 2015/2016 season have been confirmed. In April of this year George Clancy and John Lacey were announced as part of the 12 member panel that will officiate at […]
The USRFR are proud to be supporting the charity ‘Headway’ in the forthcoming rugby season. Referees will wear the logo on their shirt to help raise awareness and will also be donating the proceeds of the Annual collection day to the charity. Regional co-ordinator Jonny Turnbull and Outreach Project Officer Jodie McGoldrick made presentations to […]
Well done city of Derry RFC on a superbly organised tournament which saw 9 teams compete in this years George Tees Tournament. An excellent day throughout the club superbly organised the schedule and the referees as always stepped up to officiate. Everyone agreed it was another successful event for the teams and the club. Thank […]
The effort and wrok of the referees society is very much appreciated throughout the season and THEY ARE IN ALL THE SHOTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CLICK HERE for the shotssssssssssssssssssssssssssss for various albums full of referees going through the full range of referee sign language and a few verbal instructions. Incredible bunch of x players and gentlemen through […]
The International Rugby Board has appointed an experienced squad of referees for the Rugby Sevens competition in the Commonwealth Games 2014 which will take place in Glasgow on July 26 and 27. All eight referees are veterans of the HSBC Sevens World Series (SWS) while five have also taken charge of matches in the Rugby […]
IRB Further Empowers Referees at Scrums In a minor revision to the current protocol surrounding the ongoing scrum engagement global trial, the International Rugby Board has confirmed that referees will use non-verbal communication to indicate to the scrum-half when the ball can be thrown into the scrum. Up to now as part of the scrum […]
Hats off again to those who are developing the sport of rugby union. Along with the amazing new scrum laws the Mic’d Up referees are delivering more and more to the improvement of the game, something that the wider Ulster Rugby clubs and schools applaud. The use of technology will allow the pure playing of […]
The new season has arrived for the USRFR referees and our elite panel are in action in the Rabobank Pro 12. This week we are represented in two matches: Leinster vs Ospreys at Royal Dublin Society Referee: tba Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Michael Black (USRFR) Television match official: Brian Macneice (Ireland) Assessor: Michael Carroll […]
The match officials for the opening round of the IRB Junior World Championship in France have been announced. The premier Under 20 tournament kicks off this Wednesday in Nantes, Vannes and La Roche sur Yon. The key developmental competition for players also provides a similar role for aspiring Test referees from all over the world. […]