And that amount of mileage as set by HMRC [ aka "tax body" ] hasn't changed in at least twenty years despite the increases in prices for fuel, tyres, insurance, etc etc etc
Indeed. It's been £0.45 since I took up the whistle. Though the minimum you can claim has changed. I have on fixture that is a round trip of 0.46 miles and I will get £10 milage and a £20 fee for going there. I actually jog there as part of my warm up.
Do clubs supply food for the opposition?
We don't have a minimum as far as I'm aware . My nearest is 3 miles imn the same town but I would never claim for that.
Not always Ciaran, a lot of clubs dont have catering facilities and will go to a local bar after the game, however if they dont tell the ref which bar they are going to it means that the ref misses out.
All clubs in Wales should have a referee liaison officer so this sort of thing should not happen. Below youth clubs have to sort referees for themselves the union does not get involved, except for the big cup games. If fairness this proves hard work so clubs tend to offer better expences that yout hand senior attract and food and a pint is pretty much always ther. When they find a willing ref they go on a charm offensive!
Stockport Grammar - most of the big private schools round here do pre-season training.
Just about everybody!
Its just my own anecdotal view but I think that youth rugby has become less trouble than it once was. I have done two U18 club games this season so far and I have to say that the standard of both was really high in both. One YC in each game, both for cynical rather than foul play.
There are more cards in Wales these days. A lot down to the suppoerters on the sidelings winding players up. However, sadly a lot of colleagues seems to go looking for trouble and start acting like a schoolmaster from the times of Charles Dickens. Mutual respect and nip things in the bud works far better in my view.
