The match officials
Rugby officials referee the game of Rugby. There is one main referee, and two assistant referees (Touch judges). Some famous referees are Nigel Owens, Wayne Barnes and Alan Lewis
Rugby is one of the few sports where over celebration is scorned by officials and players alike. The basics are score a try - get a kick in as the clock is ticking.
Rugby is very respectful of the officials and the referees are referred to as either "sir" or "madam"
Its customary to use Sir for a male official and Mam for a female the phrase "ref" is also used. Rugby has a great tradition of treating the officials with such respect and youll not see the pushing and intimidation suffered by officials in others sports on the rugby pitch. Indeed to abuse, argue swear at or try to influance an officials decison can and does bring in the first instance penalty and reoccurance after warning will and does bring a yellow card.
The term respect in football (soccer) was a term generated to cut done on verbal abuse of players and officials. It was noted by the International Football Association that there appeared to be increasing disrespect of match officials which they noted did not occur in rugby. IN Rugby referees are called sir (if male) or Madam (if female). The concept of RESPECT was to bring about change, stop players surrounding the officials and using offensive language.
3 - 1 Referee and 2 assistant referees as a minimum
Mainly, you get chosen by officials at games. But you can try out in Toyta cup, NSW cup, SG ball.
The TMO (television match official) uses video footage to check tries or kicks at goal for the referee who is unsure whether it has been scored or not. Radio linked match officials Indirectly- development of the rugby balls, development of training aids, statistical data recovery, development of rugby shirts,
There are actually 5 main groups at a rugby match 1 - The teams 2 - The match officials 3 - The organisors 4 - The supporter/crowd 5 - The teams management/coaches
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