Massive Loss: Longtime Ref Pat McNally
Longtime American rugby referee and champion of the game Pat McNally has died.
McNally, who played rugby at Cal State Long Beach in the late 1970s and early 1980s was an energetic and well-liked rugby referee who maintained good humor even when others didn't.
Ref, AR, TJ Program With NIRA Still Open For Aspiring Officials
The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association, the league of varsity women's college rugby programs, is working with Major League Rugby to develop referees, and the program also needs assistant referees and touch judges.
The program is looking for young and up-and-coming rugby officials to work as ARs and Touch Judges to work the games officiated by MLR refs.
First Ever Women In Rugby Conference Set For December in Charlotte
The Women's Rugby Coaches & Referees Association is holding its first annual Women in Rugby Conference, to be held December 7-9 in Charlotte, NC.
The focus for this first-of-its-kind event will be:
Respected Longtime Referee David Williamson Dies
Longtime referee David Williamson, a fixture in the game in Northern California, died late last week at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, Calif.
Craig Joubert to Referee USA v NZ
BOULDER, Colo. - Craig Joubert of South Africa has been appointed to referee the match between the USA Eagles and New Zealand All Blacks at Soldier Field in Chicago Nov. 1, 2014.
