Not an April fool….

Posted on 31 March, 2008 by Ref

.. but tomorrow evening I shall be mainly doing….. wait for it…… pilates!
I had a health screen done a few weeks ago c/o the RFU and core stability was one of the key outcomes. Had some lower back issues in the past and apparently that all in, means I really need to beef up my [...]

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An even damper Saturday!

Posted on 30 March, 2008 by Ref

A change of match for me saw me heading to the far south west rather than the west midlands so an overnighter in my fav hotel was in order. Listening to the weather battering against the hotel window on Fri evening was a tad daunting after Wednesday, but Sat morning brought sunlight and a breeze. [...]

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A damp Wednesday evening

Posted on 27 March, 2008 by Ref

Well what an interesting start to my mid week endeavours. Was officiating a military against a Prem side A team in Hampshire. Arrived in daylight, pitch looks great, small stadium ideal. Gets dark. Doesn’t get light! Floodlights fail. Oops. Much embarrassment – its a civilian contract so none of the millions (ok, 10) of Royal Engineers [...]

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Lawrence takes new IRB role

Posted on 24 March, 2008 by Ref

Lawrence moves to the IRB
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:39
Keith Lawrence, the man who manages New Zealand’s top referees, is moving to the International Rugby Board, still working with top referees.
Where he was New Zealand’s “High Performance Referee Manager” he will now be the Referee Manager for the IRB’s World Sevens Series and the IRB’s Pacific [...]

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Ref….

Posted on 23 March, 2008 by Ref

… is fed up with DIY. He wishes that he’d seen either of the games yesterday or had something of his own to blog about but sadly, neither is true and I’ve still got 2 walls still to do!

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DIY weekend

Posted on 20 March, 2008 by Ref

A quiet weekend on the league rugby front sees your favourite blogging ref confined to quarters installing his new bathroom.  Mrs Refblog is not enjoying having to use the downstairs loo. How common!
After watching the weather forecast, it’s no bad thing to be staying home this weekend. However, no rest for the wicked – will [...]

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A proper cup semi

Posted on 16 March, 2008 by Ref

I’ll quickly scoot past the awesome Welsh Grand Slam victory, as it’s really not my place to gloat.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing a cup semi in one of the national competitions. A typical comp - North v South, both level 5 (one South West 1 and one North 1) played on a solid pitch, with [...]

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ELVs

Posted on 6 March, 2008 by Ref

Since our southerm hemisphere chums started playing under the full set of ELVs, I took a decision not to watch any of it. Purely because I didnt want to get into the mindset of watching rugby under one set of laws and then to referee a different set. My little brain can barely cope under [...]

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Wedneszzzzzzzday

Posted on 5 March, 2008 by Ref

Im sure Im supposed to be telling about my trip to the North West on Sat, and about how I contrived to get a home win by 40-something to 13, put two visiting players in the bin (7 and then 8, 9 and a alf mins later) and produce a less than stunning performance when [...]

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