In a shock turn up from the RFU Appointments Bureau, your favourite blogging ref has been sent to the South West for the first weekend of the season.

I will therefore be in my usual hotel on Friday night so will use the time to set the scene for the season and what I expect to happen.

Going to be a good season, hopefully both on the pitch and off it!!  Regular readers will be pleased to hear that RefBlog Jnr is progressing nicely and is already causing some problems for Mrs Refblog. Not sure I understand the biology but its apparently not that nice to be kicked in the bladder from the inside. What do I know!