The Referees area is for those who have chosen to be a referee as their main involvement in rugby, i.e have joined a society/association and are looking to improve their refereeing. Just being a qualified referee is not enough, though if you are not a society/association ref most of what is posted within it (which is mainly questions and queries about areas of our game that we don't want shared, silly mistakes, bad experiences, etc).
For those that do not referee nearly full time their understanding of law an it's interpretations can be significantly warped and sometimes obtuse, because they are looking at it from the wrong angle. Even didds, our most respected and liked non referee member does not have access.
That is why there is a system in place that tells us when someone has been around for long enough to need 'looking at'. By that point through their postings it will be obvious if they are a referee, or just pretending to be a referee (it happens).
