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Regional focus: North America Meet 12-year-old Elliot Rouse: America’s youngest rugby referee
The Texan’s passion for the game is the product of growing up in a rugby-loving family.
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Classic matches Watch LIVE rugby TODAY … Italy v Tonga, RWC 1999
Tonga and Italy produced a Rugby World Cup classic when they met at Welford Road in 1999, a game that can be seen again in its entirety this Saturday.
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Women in Rugby Brazilian pioneers continue to open new roads as referees
Former Brazilian internationals Natasha Olsen and Cristiana Futuro Mühlbauer have risen in the refereeing ranks both in their country and the region.
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Classic matches Watch LIVE rugby TODAY … England v Wales, RWC 2015
Relive all the action from the pulsating Pool A encounter between hosts England and Wales at Rugby World Cup 2015.
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match officials Top 10 rugby referees by test appearances
In our referee-themed week, we take a look at the 10 officials who have refereed at test level more than any other.
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Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 2019 production wins TV award
RWC 2019 in Japan was the most watched rugby event ever with a global audience of more than 857 million people.
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Podcast Preview Between the Lines: Joy Neville
World Rugby Referee Award 2017 recipient Joy Neville joins Sean Maloney on the latest episode of the Between the Lines podcast and discusses the match officials she looks up to.
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Player welfare World Rugby creates access to optional domestic law trials to further reduce COVID-19 risk
The World Rugby Executive Committee has approved 10 optional law trials which are designed to provide national member unions with COVID-19 transmission risk reduction options if required.
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Women in Rugby Nievas: World Rugby committed to supporting female referees
World Rugby’s Referee Development Manager, Alhambra Nievas is confident that progress made in the support of female match officials can be maintained amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Press releases Statement regarding Francis Baron COVID-19 tournament proposal
World Rugby notes a proposal by former RFU CEO Francis Baron suggesting the organisation of a major international rugby event in the UK in 2021 to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 on global rugby.