Recent content by KML1

Both of these will be corrected! Forward pass into touch should be a choice (was missed in 18 simplification and not put back in) Sanction for 11.2 will also show in 11.1 - prob sooner on website than the FW pass issue) when I've completed some tech work.

Couple of errors in what happened. 1) AB should have been reduced to 12 - everyone understands that bit (and similar to the Ire v Italy outcome in 2022 6N) 2) When it was all the YC exchanged were resolved, it should have left 15 v 14. But, only one of the two players who had left - AB6 and...

Hi everyone - am going to the media launch of the 6 Nations tomorrow and will have a chance to ask qs of the captains and coaches of the mens and womens teams in the two competitions. What would you like me to ask them (from a refereeing perspective!)? :france::wales::eng::scot::ireland::italy:

New episode of the Advantage Over podcast is out now - http://rugbyreferee.net/2018/05/31/ao5-podcast-what-the-rfu-are-doing-to-attract-more-female-rugby-referees/ I spoke to Clare Daniels from the RFU after their event last weekend looking at improving the referee pathway for women and girls...

WR have given formal green light for the 12 law variations we've all been playing under last/this season, to be adopted into the law book proper. http://rugbyreferee.net/2018/05/23/rugby-law-trials-to-be-adopted-in-full-say-world-rugby/ Anyone dissent to any of them? All seem to have landed...

Hi all Back in the autumn, I did a trial run of a new podcast for referees off the back of my RugbyReferee.net website. Called the Advantage Over podcast, I did 5 episodes to get a feel for the how and whether it works. I looked back at the numbers and have had over 2,000 downloads, many...

..Only came onto market a few weeks ago, but World Rugby says "no"! (or to be accurate: "No. not yet!") http://rugbyreferee.net/2016/11/13/n-pro-headguard-banned-until-world-rugby-assessment-can-be-completed

Am I the only ref in the world to use one of these? I know they're aimed at ice hockey refs, and got one by accident 15 years ago and never looked back. Worth considering - never lost one yet!

Seem to remember that IRB/WR issued a clarification somewhere about a player who was offside in front of a kick, still being liable to penalty even after the ball went onto touch and play resumes. Scenario: Gold hack the ball ahead from the Black 10m towards the try line. Black 10 wins the...

Hi everyone - Im after some feedback/input. I set up RugbyReferee.net a couple of years back to funnel all sorts of rugby reffing stuff into one place. Pretty simple format which does what it says on the tin. I saw it as a sort of front end news/info site, to sit alongside the great forum site...

http://rugbyreferee.net/2015/12/11/jutge-to-step-down-as-world-rugby-referee-boss/ Who'd you reckon would be in the frame to replace him? Suspect the list of suspects will be familiar to us all! Spreadbury, Morrison, Kaplan, Dickinson, Young etc

SARU looking for a replacement for Andre Watson it would seem: http://rugbyreferee.net/2015/11/25/sa-rugby-on-look-for-national-referee-manager/ Anyone keen?:rsa:

Hi all Interesting stuff in here: http://rugbyreferee.net/2015/05/05/world-rugby-starts-law-review-process/ Do any of you have access to the full submissions everyone sent into WR? (not for publication) What do you think should be the priority? Any areas that should be on that list? I...

Full details at: http://rugbyreferee.net/2014/12/09/6-nations-2015-match-officials-announced/ Headlines - JP Doyle gets his first. Pollock is back. Garces and Walsh get two each. Rest get one. Plenty of AR time for all. Sure others will have more substantive comments!

Hi all Im at the iRB ConfEx in London and have the opportunity to speak to Brett Gosper, IRB Chief Executive later on today. I was here yesterday and wrote this piece on RugbyReferee.net which will be the mainstay of my questioning, but feel free to contribute other questions. Also trying...