Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees

In this week's episode, we speak to A listair Falconer Hall , a new referee in Oxfordshire, England. He talks to us about why he decided to get into refereeing, his thoughts on the training he went through and what it's been like in his first few games. Hopefully you'll be inspired by his journey and want to get involved - let us know! Other things mentioned in the podcast: #RefSquad - You've seen...

Sam Needs - Super Rugby prop and creator of ScrumStrong.com joins us to talk about all things related to the scrum. We chat about the different elements of setting up the scrum, what to look for, and they how to spot the issues that often crop up from a refereeing perspective. We also discuss Sam's idea around "Scrumpires" - speciality referees who come on to officiate the scrums. Read the article...

A week after the Rugby World Cup final, we look at the top eight things we take away from the tournament - but from a refereeing perspective. What are our top eight? #1 Introducing a big new ‘thing’ needs to be done earlier  #2 All teams in a tournament need bedding-in time  #3 The future elite group of referees looks bright  #4 Don’t set out the stall to early #5 We have to take th...

Wayne Barnes, the RFUs most experienced rugby referee joins the Advantage Over podcast to talk about: his career highlights how he maintains his professional athlete status peaks and troughs and how he deals with it nutrition, training and sleep! His panel of advisers his future in rugby A great chat - we hope you enjoy it!

We're joined on the podcast by Cody Neilson from Auckland Rugby who takes us behind the scenes of their Associate Referee Programme

In Episode 18 of the Advantage Over podcast, we speak to Alhambra Nievas, World Rugby's Referee Development Manager who joins us to talk about the recent High Performance Women's Camp

Hear about the 21st team at RWC2019 - and from Alain Rolland as he gets his squad ready for the biggest tournament in world rugby

US Major League Rugby's Match Officials Manager, Richard Every joins is on the latest Advantage Over podcast episode

An inspiring interview to celebrate International Women's Day. Mui Thomas joins us to talk about refereeing and Harlequin IIchthyosis

Listen to our interview with the IRFU's Andrew Brace, about his refereeing journey, life in the PRO14, recovering from injury, and some tips for refereeing success!

Episode 13 of the podcast and we catch up on all the latest news from the refereeing world, as well as an interview with John Broadfoot, CEO of SOS Rugby Kit Aid

Craig Evans of the WRU joins the Advantage Over podcast to discuss refereeing the 7s and 15s form of the game, and what World Rugby 7s camps are really like

In Episode 11 of the Advantage Over podcast, we're joined by Phil Everitt, a referee with the Staffordshire and Royal Navy Societies, who mixes his referee background with his day-job as an IT Manager. In a unique way, Phil helps people attending top level rugby understand what's in front of them.

Seattle's Joya Clark joins the Advantage Over podcast to tell her story about the last two months at the South African Referees Academy in Stellenbosch.

This week's guest is Jamie McGregor, Match Official Manager for Community Rugby at Rugby Australia. We have a great chat about referee development in Rugby Australia, referee coaching, & the big challenges facing referees as they climb up the ranks. Get a pen - there's homework!! 

In the latest episode of the podcast, we speak to Hendrik Greyvenstein head of the SA Referees Academy about their unique initiative in rugby referee development. We also catch up on the news of the week.

Episode 7 of the Advantage Over podcast looks at the nine attributes you need to think about before you even get onto the field as a referee in rugby

Episode 6 of the podcast is now live. Last week, we caught up with Rugby World Cup Final referee, Craig Joubert who is now the Referee Talent Development Coach on the World 7s circuit. Naturally, we talked all things 7s refereeing. Listen now!

We speak to Clare Daniels from England Rugby about their drive to attract more female match officials into the game. There's also news from around the refereeing world from the last few weeks

In this week's Advantage Over podcast, we're talking concussion as well as the latest news from the rugby referee world. Tune in now!

This week's Advantage Over podcast feature interview is with the London Society of Rugby Referee's Fitness Adviser, Ross Hanbury. We discuss pre-season training, the best sort of training to do pre-season, diet and the importance of sleep! We discuss the YoYo Test - you can download it here Who's Ross? He's worked in professional UK sport for over 10 years as a sport scientist and as strength and...

We're joined today by Women's World Rugby World Cup match official, Rose LaBreche who talks about her story, her experiences at the Rio Olympics and what it's like to be part of an elite referee team. We also bring you news from: the Super Rugby final; the expansion of the Pro12 into Pro14 and what it means for refereeing and; a call from South Africa to bring criminal charges for match official a...

In this first 'proper' episode of the Advantage Over podcast we bring you: News of the World Rugby Laws Simplification process - http://rugbyreferee.net/2017/07/19/rugby-law-book-sale-50-off-coming-soon/  Super Rugby semi final appointments - http://rugbyreferee.net/2017/07/27/superrugby-semi-final-referees/ Mark Ray's new referee analyst role at SAANZAR - http://refrug.by/2v2g1O6 Waikato finals a...

Welcome to the introduction edition of Advantage Over, our new podcast, bringing you the latest referee news, appointments and discussion points about refereeing in rugby union. In this introduction we explain why we're launching Advantage Over and explain why it's for you: It's for you if...: You want to keep on top of referee news You want your referee questions answered - if you're a new refere...