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My niece is a little giddy. She just watched the Women win the Euros, and is off to watch the Netball on Thursday.

That reminds me of a Chris White story from his early days as an international referee involving France. His AR reported "Chris, you...

My ARs would get an earful if they did that. I only want a call if it's material and should be penalized. Otherwise STHU

Gareth Davies refers to Ring's...quirks in his autobiography

@SimonSmith is this AU wide and still current (going by flag colour on posting, so apologies if you are not referencing AU or it's a...

Law 9.1: When a player and an opponent are running for the ball, neither player may charge or push the other except...

I've heard " only a friendly. ...ignore the 'little knock ons" too often. They're only "little" until you ignore them!!

Pre season friendlies are there to shake the kinks out and get everybody ready for the season. To my mind, that means playing to the...

This. In an uncontested scrum, there's usually no point trying to dick about at the back since the forwards can relativel;y easily just...

Haven't found the 9 that keen to try to pressure the opposition during uncontested, more likely to drop out into the backs to get ready...

My memory - possibly flawed - was that the guideline was the attacking team were under no obligation to ground the ball, and that any...

I generally agree. But the one thing you have to be mindful of - and yes, I have seen this happen - is that Blue knock on, and Blue...