Refereeing Updates

	Training Planner - August to December 2011
	Continuing Development Training (open to all) September 2011 Wed 7th Development Squad evening – To include ERU referee priorities Belgrave RFC Greg Garner Wed 14th Pre Match briefing TBC Greg Garner Wed 21st Tackle area / Breakdown TBC Greg Garner Wed 28th Fitness test Oval Park Greg Garner October 2011 Wed 5th Scrum TBC Greg Garner Wed 12th Game (Police v Fire Service) Belgrave RFC Greg Garner Wed 19th Assistant Referee TBC Fred Farndon Wed 26th Fitness test Oval Park Greg Garner November 2011 Wed 2nd Lineout TBC Greg Garner Wed 9th Mental Preparation TBC Greg Garner Wed 16th Game TBC Greg Garner Wed 23rd Game Management TBC Greg Garner Wed 30th Fitness test Oval Park Greg Garner December 2011 Wed 7th Maul TBC Greg Garner Wed 14th Referee knowledge quiz / Social event TBC Greg Garner • Training sessions will begin at 7:30pm and last for approx. 1 hour • Fitness tests will begin at 7:30pm • Programme may change as and when suitable mid-week fixtures arise for the development squad referees.
	Posted by: Greg Garner on August 25, 2011 8:10 PM
	Dangerous Tackles - IRB Directive
	This has been issued to disciplinary panels Please read full report in downloads section
	Posted by: John Hill on August 19, 2011 8:15 PM
	Level 9 ROLLING SUBSTITUTIONS 2011-2012
	New for Season 2011-2012. “Rolling Replacements” at Levels 9 and below in league games. At Level 9 and below, up to a maximum of 5 players may be named as replacements and players will be allowed to “roll on and roll off” on an unlimited basis, to hopefully maintain 15 players a side on the field of play at all times, other than when the game has moved to uncontested scrums when the side causing the uncontested scrums plays with 1 player fewer. There is no compulsion to have 5 replacements and sides do not have to have equal numbers of replacements. Replacements will be made, with the referees permission, at stoppages of play other than at penalty and free kick situations, to make sure that a replacement doesn’t come on to the field of play simply to take a kick at goal and then be replaced again. The requirement to have one replacement front row player within the squad is still necessary, so that at the first time of asking a side can replace a front row player in order that the game carries on with contested scrums. This rule is not intended to encourage clubs to pick the maximum number of replacements for league games to the detriment of turning out a second or third XV. (Clubs at Level 9 and below will not be allowed their “rolling five replacements” in the Junior Vase) In the Midlands Finals, seven replacements will be allowed.
	Posted by: News on January 27, 2011 6:25 PM
	IRB Medical Regulation 10 - Concussion
	The key new changes are: • Players with suspected concussion must be removed from the field of play (and not return) • Players with suspected concussion must go through a graded Return to Play (RTP) Protocol with medical practitioner clearance before a return to play • The mandatory three week stand down for the age group player is replaced by advice around a more circumspect individualised RTP protocol I would ask you to make your referees particularly aware of the following extract from the guidelines, relevant when concussion is suspected and a Medical Practitioner and/or Healthcare Professional is not present: “If there is no Medical Practitioner or Healthcare Professional present the Player who is injured may be disorientated and unable to make a judgement about their own condition. Fellow Players, coaches, Match Officials, team managers, administrators or parents who observe an injured Player displaying any of the signs in Table 1 after an injury event with the potential to cause a head injury or concussion MUST do their best to ensure that the Player is removed from the field of play in a safe manner”
	Posted by: IRB on August 8, 2011 6:50 PM
	CLUBS IN LEAGUES 2011-2012
	National 3 - Midlands - Level 5 Hinckley - South Leicester - Syston Midlands 1 East - Level 6 Coalville - Loughborough Midlands 2 East (North) - Level 7 Aylestone St. James - Belgrave - Leicester Forest - Market Bosworth - Melton Mowbray - Oakham Midlands 2 East (South) - Level 7 Lutterworth - Market Harborough - Oadby Wyggestonians - Vipers Midlands 3 East (North) - Level 8 Ashby - Stamford Midlands 4 East - Level 9 Aylestone Athletic - Old Newtonians - Stamford College O. B. - Stoneygate
	Posted by: ELV Updates on July 30, 2011 7:35 PM