LSRUR
Rugby refereeing in Leicestershire
XRugby is a new adapted format of the game designed to be played on a smaller pitch with reduced physicality.
It is seven a side, easy to play and can be picked up quickly by rugby novices as well as being highly enjoyable for more experienced players.
A link to the World Rugby website explaining the game and its laws can be found here.
Please read as you may soon be refereeing this format.
Thanks to Andrew Forsythe for organising Avery successful curry night on Saturday 16the February.
The evening started with drinks at the Two Tailed Lion
in the centre of Leicester followed by a curry at Clowes in Portsmouth Road 
The picture below shows the merry referees
A big thank you to George Richardson for an excellent, informative and in depth presentation on managing scrums. George presented to our January Members' meeting and his notes can be found in the Training Documents section here.
George is a former England U20 prop and has rapidly risen through the refereeing ranks resulting in his recent appointment to the National Panel. Therefore it's fairly certain he know his scrum law and the relevant dark arts and his insights can help us all become better referees.
Dear Match Official,
In August 2018 the Rugby Football Referees' Union and England Rugby's Match Official Development Team introduced a nationally standardised approach to supporting the development of match officials, placing
the match official(s) at the centre of a two-way high quality feedback process.
The Rugby Football Referees' Union and England Rugby's Match Official Development Team agreed the following objectives to help achieve the project's aim:
OBJECTIVES
• Construct role descriptors for those who support match official development, i.e. Match Official Developer, Performance Reviewer and Match Official Coach
• Provide clear guidance and training to support the roles for those who support on-field match officials
• Develop a suite of Review Forms that can be used to support the development of match officials at all levels of the community game
The purpose of this short survey is to gather feedback from all those who have had experience of being part of the review process.
Please access the link below to share your experiences:
Access to the link will close on Friday 25th of January 2019.
Kind regards,
Jamie Leahy