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Holly Wood – The journey from player to ref

Holly Wood began her refereeing after a successful career as a player. In collaboration with our…

Life behind the whistle: How the game has changed!

UK’s leading referee takes a step back in time to review some of the oldest known…

Karl Dickson – Behind The Whistle: Being the opening ref

Along with our partners at ACME whistles, we caught up with Karl to discuss how it…

Match officials for the weekend, including Scotland vs England referee

Referee appointments for round three of the 2024 Guinness Six Nations, including the Scotland vs England referee at…

Karl Dickson shares what it’s like in the spotlight preparing and reffing a Six Nations game

Karl Dickson will be opening the 2023 Guinness Six nations tournament on the 4th February. Along…

Alex Reid: Bringing professionalism to the fitness of referees  

Along with our partners at ACME Whistles we spoke to the RFU’s Match Officials Strength &…

Karl Dickson: Preparing as a team

Along with our partners at ACME whistles, we caught up with Karl to find about the…

Luke Pearce discusses rugby tackle height, believes changes are important

Along with our partners at ACME whistles, we caught up with Luke to find out his…

LUKE PEARCE – A word from the middle: The challenges of Six Nations and Premiership running simultaneously

Along with our partners at ACME whistles, we caught up with Luke to find out a…

Luke Pearce on referee fitness

Alongside our partners at ACME Whistles, we met up with RFU and World Rugby's Luke Pearce…

Alex Reid: Match official fitness for prehab and rehab  

Along with our partners at ACME Whistles we spoke to the RFU’s Match Official Strength &…

Meet the expert, Alex Reid: From the football premier league to the RFU

Along with our partners at ACME Whistles we spoke to the RFU’s Match Official Strength &…

Is the division between Tier 1 and Tier 2 rugby disappearing?

From behind the whistle, Luke Pearce has a close-up view on the changing landscape of the…

Six Nations referee’s name the worst ever rugby union players to referee

In fairness, dissent in international rugby isn’t as big of a problem compared to something like…

Alex Reid: Starting out developing your match official fitness 

Along with our partners at ACME Whistles we spoke to the RFU’s Match Officials Strength &…