Action to Increase Accredited Referee Numbers in 2018
For some time now, Rugby — the game we all love and support — has experienced a shortage of accredited referees. In an effort to avoid the emerging problems outlined below, the assistance of you and your members is required urgently to help reverse this situation. As some may have noticed, during the 2017 season the referee shortage reached the stage where match officials were regularly asked to handle multiple games on a day, sometimes as back-to-back appointments. Not surprisingly, this places an unnecessary strain on refereeing resources and contributes to a number of unwanted side effects and concerns....
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