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The referee explained to the Uruguay captain that had 13 run at the defender's inside shoulder he would have been fine. Making contact on the outside shoulder prevented the defender from moving towards the ball carrier.

Does the trial in Wales require a lower tackle height than in RFU-land?

Would that be because of the position of the tacker's head?

As long as the front row is covered, why shouldn't the composition of the replacements' bench be anyone's concern other than the coach. If he wants to risk having to play an 8 at full back why should WR care?

From the man himself: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/this-is-absolutely-breaking-me-stuart-hogg-on-his-shock-retirement

We have a cooling off period in our high school league. The referee can have a player removed for a few minutes to allow a player to calm down or have his coach calm him down. There is no sanction, and the player can be replaced. A coach can also ask the referee to pull off one of his own...

Based on 14.2 it is difficult to make a case that the ball carrier has been tackled. He is neither lying, nor sitting nor has at least one knee on the ground.

Leinster in blue, La Rochelle in yellow. EPRC final.

Have him replaced immediately.

We don't know how much that ref had to put up with, but I would have to be pushed very hard before I used that tone and told a player to shut up. Maybe its the high school teacher in me and dealing with adolescents all day has given me a longer fuse.

I hope not. Offside lines beyond the back foot are easy enough to manage at set pieces, but would be much more difficult in a more dynamic situation.

He and Alex Ruiz both left refereeing to take up coaching positions. Ruiz is with Top 14 club, but I don't remember which.

It was hardly "all that". It was 5 minutes during my pre game routine, and 5 minutes during my post game routine. I did the card checks at the same time as I did boot checks.

Pretty much. Getting new cards done every spring took a lot of time and effort on Rugby Quebec's part.

We used to have cards but they disappeared years ago. Before the game I would have to collect and check the cards (did the picture on the card match the face in front of me) and then after the game ensure that only those names were on the game sheet. Game sheets are done online and it...

All of our university games take place on football/gridiron fields with stadium clocks. The operators don't stop and start the clocks. As time winds down in each half, and particularly in the 2nd half of tight games I will remind the captains that the clock is not accurate. Often the clock is...

They use this in the Top 14 don't they? What has been their experience with it?

What is a cashless debit card?

I assume so. I have never been a club ref. I went from playing to being a society ref.

Registration is done online through Rugby Canada by individual players. If there are no referees available, then a "club ref" will be assigned. I assume the club will have to inform Rugby Quebec to ensure that person is trained, and to get them paid.