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A bit of an odd query but worth a try. My club has its centenary year in 2022 and we’ve started planning a series of events to mark the occasion. I’ve been asked to try to track down the laws of the game as they were in 1922. Other than contacting the RFU, any suggestions?

Just received an RFU business planning communication - swingeing cuts across the board at community level, including this: Changes in how the training programme for coaches and match officials is operated will be implemented from 1st July 2019. We will no longer offer a regulated qualification...

Which Society covers the Dumfriesshire area? West or Borders?

Starting to hear whispers about a new directive from World Rugby about hand offs to the head/face. North Mids are saying on their Facebook page that they are to be prohibited but there is no official source for this other than it was mentioned at a recent society meeting. This is what they...

One of my club colleagues is doing a ladies' match tomorrow. I said I'd ask on here about law variations. I've tried to find the latest version but I'm struggling. Is it still essentially the U19 variations i.e. 35 minute halves, max 1.5m scrum push, max 45 deg wheel etc?

Not a refereeing related query. I've been asked to be my club's representative to the CB. It involves attending a monthly committee meeting but, beyond that, I can't quite get a firm grasp on exactly what the role involves. Can anyone here fill me in?

My appointment tomorrow is the first I've had between two 1st XVs in the RFU league structure. I've not previously reffed a match that had anything other than rolling subs with unlimited interchanges. As it's L10, the teams are allowed 10 interchanges, but I can't find much about what is or is...

Well I guess it had to happen eventually. Instead of relaxing and watching a bit of TV on a Saturday night, I've been typing up two dismissal reports. Nasty stamp, immediate big whistle. However, that didn't stop stampee exchanging blows with stamper. Oh dear. At least my discipline guy is...

I'm busy at the moment filling out my ELRA 3 self-evaluations. Most of the questions are straightforward enough although the answers require some thought. However, this one has me stumped: "To what extent was your approach to the match appropriate?" I'm not sure what aspects I should be...

Didn't have an appointment today so went down to my club to watch our seconds. As the title of this thread suggests, I saw a player pinged for something I've never seen before. Red v Blue. Red player number one knocks on. Referee sticks his arm out and calls knock on advantage blue. So far...

This might seem like a silly question but please bear with me. I've been trying to disseminate the relevant info re the law trials at my club: get the coaches involved so they can then brief the players before the new season starts. I've had a bit of resistance along the lines of "that's for...

I picked up a calf strain towards the end of a match about three weeks ago. Managed to get through to the end but it was a struggle. Rested it for a week and it seemed fine so took my scheduled match a week later. Managed the first half ok but pulled up after ten minutes in the second half...

Red attacking and kick through into the blue 22. Blue player gets to the ball first at about the 5m line and kicks the ball backwards and sideways. The ball goes over the goal line and then goes dead touch in goal. What's the call? I think I was right in giving a 5m scrum to red but not sure...

Got a strange log in issue. When I'm not logged in, I have no problems viewing the main rugbyrefs.com 'front page'. However, when logged in, I have access denied. Any ideas?

Match on Sunday between two U15 sides. Red 10 puts up a high ball which blue 15 catches inside his 22. Blue 15 calls for the mark. Only one problem – he called ‘mark’ while the ball was still about 20 ft in the air and therefore about 3 seconds before he actually caught the ball. All the...

After weather difficulties and flooded pitches, I finally got my first game this morning reffing my home club U15s. Hard fought low scoring match. I must confess to having been extremely nervous and anything better than ‘car crash’ would have been fine with me. As it happens, both coaches...

As I've posted in another thread, I'm a new ref with my first match on Sunday, an U16 fixture. We've had quite a bit of snow around here and the pitch will have about an inch or two of snow on it at the moment. The forecast has the temperatures over the weekend as somewhere between -1C and 1C...

ELRA 1 and 2 successfully completed. There seems to be two options for me now. Join my local society as a provisional member, do my 5 games and complete ELRA 3 or club ref U14 to U16 and get a few games under my belt before signing up with the society. So, what's the sensible option? Jump in...

The BBC reports: "England team manager Martin Johnson has stood down after three and a half years in the role. His decision follows a miserable World Cup which ended in quarter-final defeat by France and featured a series of on and off-field controversies. The 41-year-old won 84 caps for...