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What referee comms system have you used? Used stuff ranging from 4 GME units on a Saturday to the stuff they use at Super Rugby level. The GME stuff works well if you know how to set it up, but it's sometimes a pain etc. The stuff at Super Rugby level is something else, it's crystal clear and even though...

Trial games start this weekend. I know Melbourne and Box Hill are playing each other, does anyone else know of any games?

Who is heading down to the 10s tomorrow?

I don't think the players at Souths responded well to his way of coaching.

He does a bit of work with the state teams, I think he got offered the 14s this year but not sure if he has time for it. Hopefully he can move into the seniors and coach them, or move to a premier club to get a decent crack at it. He is quite a nice guy as well.

IMO one of the big up and coming coaches in the VRU scene is Dave from Eltham. He has had the U18s team for the last 3 years together and sure they have 1-2 stand out players but he has them working as a team. Everyone knows their role and what is expected of them and he took them damn close to...

Interesting that the Scottish guy is at Melbourne now.

Quins will start well and be in 2nd about 1/2 through the season and then will have a poor 2nd 1/2 of the year and fall away IMO. Not the way it's being utilized. FINALS - Five Team Playoffs (P1, P2 & P3) P4 TBC Week 1 - 31 August Qualifying Finals Team 1, 2 and 3 - Rest Qualifier 1 - Team 4 v...

It's interesting because I have only been reffing for 4 years and when I first started it was all about making a "checklist" for your own sanity for the different aspects of the game. For example here is a quick one about a tackle: Tackle Happens: Was it legal? Did the tackler go to ground...

Why didn't you invite local referees down to your training sessions to referee the 'live' aspect of training? They could also give insight into breakdowns etc and what the focuses for the year are going to be.

I think the ladder will resemble something like this: 1 Melbourne 2 Moorabbin 3 Footscray 4 House 5 Quins 6 Souths 789 Uni, BH, EH in some order The 5 team finals means that definitely 1 good team will miss out, although we still have more than 50% of the competition making the finals series...

9 Phipps 10 Beale 11 Vuna 12 JOC (James O'Connor) 13 Inman 14 Woodward 15 Roberts Would look rather good together IMO (obviously I would prefer Stirz but Hilly seems to like Phipps)

Sorry but things like "we were robbed by the referee" is a poor excuse IMO, just screams of shudda, wudda, cudda.

I enjoy it, it's a decent day out for players and refs. Means I will be able to test the legs in a match condition and make sure the pictures I am seeing at all aspects are correct.

We have approached it like that in Victoria for the last season. It's a "no arms tackle" and will result in a YC.

I have a pair of these, they are great for me as I referee these days so I don't need the long studs. They seem to fit my feet perfectly. This is my 4th pair of Predators I think, and I would recommend them highly. Although they all seem to be going away from a predominately black boot which is...

I had a pair of those and they split within 6 weeks. Since then I have been in predators and I wouldn't be in anything else.

Not sure there is a law on this, but definitely a guideline. Stuff like these are legal, even though they appear to be both plastic and metal.

Yep. New law states those boots are allowed.

I would suggest he is living up to the hype. He is good in the loose, good in the tight and his lineout work is ok. Doesn't help that our hooker doesn't have the best throw in the world though.