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Regional Match Official Technical Advisory Group Meeting

Calderdale College, Halifax

Aims of the day:

• Support the review and evaluation of the effectiveness of match official

products and services

• Support the evaluation of match official development delivery systems
• Contribute to the identification of new refereeing development solutions
• Assist with the development of match official talent identification &

development systems

• Support the development of a match official recruitment & retention

strategy

Regional Technical Advisory Group Meeting

• Match Official Pathways
• Match Official Support Roles
• Young Match Officials
• Women & Girls
• Training & Development Planning

The main themes of the day

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

‘Ensuring we have the right people in place to offer all rugby participants a quality experience by recruiting, retaining and developing high quality match officials and those who support them’

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

The Changing Rugby Landscape, ‘Winning the Future’ …

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Our journey… To meet the needs of the game

• Vision
• Every XV a side game from U14 upwards is officiated by a trained and

qualified referee

• Every first XV game from Level 4 upwards has trained and qualified

assistant referees

• All games below U13 are refereed by a suitably qualified person

More Players More Games More Often

• Assessment of Need
• Engage/Recruit
• Retain/Develop
• Deployment

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

RFU Strategic Plan – The Changing Landscape …

• Technology
• Generation Z engagement trends
• Data driven decision making
• Lifestyle changes
• Diversity
• Economic factors
• Expectations of employees
• Commercial investment
• Integrity
• Higher levels of scrutiny
• Player welfare
• Global season
• Major events
• Women’s game

Landscape Rugby

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Our journey… To meet the needs of the game

• Research …
• Sports officials play a vital role in every sport and sports governing bodies,

fans and players now expect officials to maintain higher professional standards than ever before

• Match Official development pathway - referee centred

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Match Official Development Pathway …

• Purpose …
• To be ‘referee’ centred and provide opportunities to identify those
• fficials with potential
• To strengthen the role of our Referee Societies
• To encourage people to officiate through Referee Societies
• A flexible consistent approach, with the best people at every level

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Our journey… To meet the needs of the game

• Principles for the development pathway …
• Nationally defined pathway to ensure consistent offer
• Increase role for referee societies to enhance the quality of opportunity &

development

• Effective interface from the community to the professional game to deliver a

seamless pathway

• A pathway for all environments: close the gap - community & professional rugby
• Opportunities through the pathway to officiate: 15’s, 7’s, W&Gs & youth, creating

an appreciation of different playing environments

• Appropriate training & development and competition at all levels
• Integrated Match Official support roles

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Match Official Framework for Development …

Active Participation Sport Participation Sport Excellence

Informal knowledge of the sport, motivated to be involved More formal acquisition of the laws, knowledge occasional involvement Formal training, scheduled involvement, development & evaluation Role specific, regular performance, quality assured, personal development Identified with potential, committed, professional development, contracted Performance review, technical development, may be professional Professional

Selected Pathway Officials Recreational Officials Casual and Potential Officials (Gulbin et al MacMahon et al, 2014) Leading Officials Match Official support roles Match Officials with potential

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

England Rugby Referees Association

Potential Refs PGMOT Regions Club

Education

and Society Panel Support Roles

Club Referee Developer Performance Reviewer Match Official Developer Match Official Coach Match Officials with potential Match Officials potential with

Match Official Development Pathway …

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Match Official Development Pathway …

• National criteria to be a registered and accredited

England Rugby Match Official

• Recognised award/qualification
• PDP, reaccredit, Recognised CPD, Informal CPD
• QA’d, Laws test, Fitness testing
• A pathway to meet the future needs of the game
• Retiring players – community or professional
• W&Gs – community or professional
• YMOs – Who may want to sample what rugby has to offer
• Traditional referee audience – to deliver on their expectations

and celebrate their activities

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Defined in RFU Regulations

• Undertake relevant

Safeguarding procedures for match officials (RFU Regulation 21.1.5)

• Undertake an annual review
• f Referee Society accounts

(RFU Regulation 5.1.3)

• Provide accounts to RFRU

annually (RFU Regulation 5.1.1) Best Placed to Deliver

• Promote the Core Values to all

MOs & wider game

• Recruit aspiring MOs into

Referee Societies

• Appoint MOs in accordance

with game priorities as defined by CGB

• Lead the QA and reviews of

MOs

• Promote the benefits of match
• fficiating
• Nominate MOs with potential
• Utilise RFU resources to train /

develop all qualified MOs Play a Part

• Initial training of Match

Officials

• Recruitment of ‘club’ referees

into refereeing

• Recruitment, development

and support of CRefCs

• Delivery of W&Gs and Young

Match Official programmes

• Providing support to match
• fficials outside of societies

Referee Society Roles and Responsibilities …

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Referee Society Roles and Responsibilities …

• RFU support;
• PFR planning - helping to balance national programmes with local needs
• Training & Education – developing a training and development

programme delivered by a skilled workforce and strong leadership

• Technical – Match Official Health & Safety, facilities, Safeguarding, Legal

and Tax matters

• Check & Challenge – performing the role of critical friend in decision

making

• Communications – regular communication updates and quarterly and

annual meetings with senior staff and volunteers

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Operationally

• Promote the Core Values to

all MOs & wider game

• Appoint MOs in accordance

with game priorities as defined by CGB

• Lead the QA and reviews of

all MOs

• Promote the benefits of

match officiating

• Nominate MOs with

potential

• Utilise RFU resources to train

/ develop qualified MOs

• Appointments menu;

W&Gs, 7s, 15s, AR, Festivals Best Placed to Deliver

• Assist the RFU Professional

staff with the appointments

• f MOs
• Ensure MOs performances &

progress is monitored through agreed protocols

• Ensure a seamless 2-way

pathway for MOs between societies and panel

• Work closely with referee

societies, academies & RFU Trainer / Educator workforce to identify talented MOs for National League Rugby Development

• Delivery of a T&D programme

for MOs

• Identifying and supporting the

development of potential MO developers and coaches

• Providing ongoing support to

match officials with potential Curriculum offer to include

• TNAs
• Technical/Analysis
• Game Understanding
• Lifestyle
• S&C
• Nutrition
• Psych

Regions Roles and Responsibilities …

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

Match Official Development Pathway …

• Opportunities to strengthen and grow;
• University and Employment Partners
• Profile what the future Match Official looks like
• Define exit Routes
• Push down of Professional learning
• Closer links between referee societies and regions
• Focused support based on need of both individual and referee society
• Learn from other CB/Club Officers
• Greater understanding and/or integration with the local rugby community

MATCH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT

England Rugby Referees Association

Potential Refs PGMOT Regions Club

Education

and Society Panel Support Roles

Club Referee Developer Performance Reviewer Match Official Developer Match Official Coach Match Officials with potential Match Officials potential with

Match Official Development Pathway …

• In relation to recruitment, retention, training and development:
• What has the society done well?
• How has the success been measured?
• What has been the impact?
• How can the society continue to develop this aspect further

and what support may be needed?

Sharing our successes and best practice

• In relation to recruitment, retention, training and development:
• What could the society improve or develop?
• What has caused the development of this aspect to coast?
• How can the society develop this aspect further and what

support may be needed?

Improving what we do…

• CMODs available:
• Communication & Management
• Match Preparation
• Maul
• Refereeing Sevens
• Ruck
• Scrum
• Tackle
• Touch Judge & Assistant Referee
• Understanding the Game
• CMODs under development:
• Advantage
• Lineout
• Use of Sanctions

Resource and Product Update - CMODs

• Developing Coaches and Match Officials
• Introduction for individuals who are interested in developing their match official

support skills

• Advisor Refresher
• For individuals who are experienced in supporting match officials
• RFU Developer Training
• Delivering accredited RFU CPD courses and training events
• RFU Educator Training
• Delivering accredited RFU award courses which contain assessed elements
• Upholding the Values of the Game
• How to manage appealing challenging and goading proportionally

Resource and Product Update

• In relation to Young Match Officials:
• Why are Young Match Officials a priority for the RFU’s Match Official

Development team?

• What are the society’s plans around the recruitment of Young Match Officials?
• What have been the challenges in recruiting and retaining Young Match

Officials?

• Do Young Match Officials have a voice in the governance of the society?
• How can the society continue to develop this aspect further and what support

may be needed?

Young Match Officials

• In relation to Women and Girls:
• Why are Women & Girls a priority for the RFU’s Match Official Development

team?

• What are the society’s plans around the recruitment of Women & Girls?
• What have been the challenges in recruiting and retaining Women & Girls?
• Do Women & Girls have a voice in the governance of the society?
• How can the society continue to develop this aspect further and what support

may be needed?

Women & Girls

• In relation to Training & Development:
• What does the society do to assess the recruitment, retention, training and

development needs, e.g. SWOT analysis?

• How can we measure the impact of what we are doing?
• What can we do maximise engagement in our recruitment, retention, training

and development activities?

• What support can be accessed to assist the society with recruitment, retention,

training and development?

Training & Development Planning