A reminder that the England Rugby Referee Award is now open for booking! Taking you on a journey across the season, the England Rugby Referee Award is our competency based entry-level qualification and is perfect for those wanting to get into officiating or take their learning to the next level! Whether you’re to pick up the whistle, or you’ve been reff’ing a bit at your club, school, college, university… this award is for you. With courses from Cornwall to Cumbria, visit https://gms.rfu.com/GMS/coursefinder to get booked on!

Great day at our preseason conference. Thank you to Christophe Ridley, for coming along to share his insights on the new laws and his approach to refereeing the scrum. Also in helping our referees get through their fitness test. Well done to those referees who officiated over 20 games last season to receive their achievement polo shirt.