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The CARFU Referee Society would like to invite any referees visiting Chicago for the All Blacks-Ireland test match (and/or the Eagles-Maori match) to our society meeting. It's going to be held at the Black Rock pub on the city's northwest side (easily accessible by public transportation) on...

ESPN Scrum detailed some of the stats from the Six Nations. We all know scrums were a mess, but try scoring was also at an all-time low. Should the 6N go to the same points system used by the rest of the pro rugby community in order to incent try scoring?

Title says it all. I had a men's D2 game lined up for tomorrow, but it was called off because the local park district won't let them play until the ground thaws a bit more.

Finally watching England v. Australia and just saw Beale's try. He's grown incredibly as a a player the last year.

My first full season refereeing ended today. I started last March doing a high school boys B side scrimmage. It ended today with an AR role on a 3-man crew at the Midwest Division II Western Conference final. In between I refereed as much as I could, which included 19 matches, one sevens...

Yesterday I was refereeing a Division II men's college match in the Chicago area. Northwestern University was awarded a scrum at their own five-meter line after a Northern Illinois University knock on. After winning possession, Northwestern passed back into the end goal area where the flyhalf...