Advantage Rugby Referees

You've seen him on the Sevens Circuit where he was a referee for 5 years, refereeing at the Olympics and World Cup, amassing more than 150 matches. He now focuses on 15’s, refereeing in the Currie Cup Premier Division, where he most recently took charge of the last pool match between the finalists, Western Province and the Sharks, and he is now here in the USA for 6 weeks, refereeing in Major League Rugby.

Scientist and Rugby Referee, Amelia Luciano, shares her insights to both worlds. She has a PHD from YALE in Pharmacology, and is a postdoctoral research associate at UMASS Medical School. She has played, coached, and is now one of the top referees in the USA, refereeing the USA’s Women’s Premier League final in 2018 and now making her mark beyond the US, being selected for the first World Rugby Women’s HP camp in Stellenbosch. .

Greg shares many insights to shaping the future of rugby across 5 countries as manager of the PRO14, plus, his pathway to his long career as professional and international referee within the RFU.

A national championship college player who went on to be a co-founder of the hugely successful women’s Raleigh Venom team, captaining them and lifting 4 national championships She then shifted to referee coaching, where she is making her mark beyond the US borders, being selected for the first WR Women’s HP camp in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

One of the Modern game's greatest referees and World Rugby Match Official Manager, Alain Rolland, talks about his rugby life, as player representing Ireland, his illustrious refereeing career that culminated in the 2007 World Cup Final, and shares his thoughts on today's game.

The World Rugby Game Analysis Manager and former Newport player has been an integral part of rugby analysis since the early days of its inception. He has had a massive impact on our game contributing data that has influenced law and safety changes in rugby, and he talks about the skills and intricacies of his trade.

He’s been a high level referee in both South Africa and England, is one of the best Leadership and Executive coaches, with his company PeopleActiv LTD, working with the likes of Craig Joubert and PRO14.

She paved the way for women’s referees, realizing many firsts. including being the only woman to feature as referee on the Men’s Sevens Series, the first woman to make a country’s premier panel, taking charge of the very first Women’s Sevens World Cup match and being one of the first women refereeing men’s tests. She's a qualified WR Trainer and Citing Commissioner, team analyst for Germany men’s 15s, referee development manager and referee coach. An engineer by trade, Dana has a gift for identifying what matters, guiding and building match officials to the top of their game, adding to her already impressive achievements on the field.

SANZAAR Referee Manager talks about his long career as international referee and as manager. His global success and continued positive influence in the game is achieved through establishing a team environment based on profiling, developing key traits, getting what matters while maintaining flow with 5 key focus areas, and setting standards and maintaining boundaries.

Rob chats about his refereeing career, iron man training, diet and weight loss, and most importantly, his key insights into referee coaching and development.

The second part of 2018 highlights featuring Corris Thomas, Chris Pollock, Phil Dunne, Scott Green and Tappe Henning.

The first part of 2018 highlights featuring Jonathan Kaplan, Craig Joubert, Alhambra Nievas, Steve Lander and Dave Hadfield.

Scott talks about bays and bays, fires on ice, how he got into refereeing, his quick rise to the USA National Panel and current opportunities for referees. He also shares his preparation to referee the first Major League Rugby Final, and his thoughts on the 2019 season.

A true influencer of the modern game, Tappe Henning, talks about his lengthy career at the top of the game. 20 Test Matches (refereeing the All Blacks five times), Currie Cup and Super Rugby Finals, World Rugby Assessor and Selector in both forms of the game, and one of the authors of the simplified Law Book. Originally from SA, he now serves as Referee Commissioner for Scotland.

We chat to Phil Dunne from the esteemed House of Gryffindor. He is a sports performance specialist in strength and conditioning and performance analysis, working for World Rugby for over 9 years. He brings a magical perspective to fitness, conditioning and an alternative to fitness testing.

Alhambra shares how her dreams to fly to the moon took her on a journey of self-discovery and finding the game that can benefit society. She talks about her goals and achievements from international player to referee at the Olympics and World Cup, and her new challenge as World Rugby Referee Development Manager.

Legendary New Zealand and World Rugby Sports Psychologist and Mental Skills expert, talks rugby and what is needed to cope with the pressures of refereeing and controlling the controllables.

Richard Every talks to Corris Thomas, Welsh test referee and architect of "De Minimis Non Curat Lex", the law does not concern itself with trivialities. From delivering the concept of materiality, he went on to be the originator of rugby and refereeing trends analysis. In addition, he refereed the famous Munster victory over the All Blacks in 1978.

Richard chats to Chris about Star Wars, his current role as World Rugby HP Ref Consultant, teaching math(s), his British & Irish Lions experience, how he used adversities to rise to the top. And the Bay. Bay. If you want to know what the Bay is, or who the Bay is.

Richard chats to Craig Joubert about their early careers and antics in SA, the technical aspects of CJ's refereeing career in 15s and his role with World Rugby.

Steve shares his time as consultant with the 2003 World Cup winners, England, his very successful refereeing career in Sevens and 15s, "Refereeing what seems fair", and his successes and future vision as MLR ref coach, and elite consultant.

Richard Every talks to ADVANTAGE™ elite consultant and former international rugby referee, Jonathan Kaplan, about his career, how he shaped his goals, his books and his work as a consultant.