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TDRRS June News
IRB Council Decision – Match Protocols / Policy Area
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-[The IRB] Council at its Annual Meeting 2008 agreed on the following match protocols / policy areas. Unions are asked to ensure that this letter is brought to the attention of National Coaches, Referee Managers and IRB Panel Referees. The following applies to all levels of the Game (save for those specifically identified as applying to IRB appointed match officials only) and should be communicated to players, coaches and match officials in all Unions.

Law 15 - Tackle

Law 16 - Ruck

Law 20 - Scrum Throw In

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IRB Experimental Law Variations (ELV’s) 

[The IRB] Council at a Special Meeting held at the time of the Annual Meeting 2008 approved a set of Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) for application for a twelve month period from August 1, 2008. However for Ontario the following applies “Those Unions who have competitions operating under current Law that go beyond August 1, 2008 may continue under current Law until the next occasion that the competition begins at which time the ELVs would apply.” This means that the ELV’s will not be introduced in Ontario until the 2009 season.

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Letter from the President

See QUICK LINKS menu on the left of this page for a letter from the TDRRS President on the topics of Game Fees, Fitness Tests and Safe Rugby.
 

TDRRS July News

The next TDRRS workshop meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 5th at 7pm at the Sport Alliance Building (ORU Offices). The NRRS have been invited to join us.
 
The agenda for the evening will be as follows:
 
07:00 Welcome & Introduction; Brian Chatland
07:10 Mexico Refereeing Experience; Daniel Gana
07:30 Review of ELV’s: Visiting IRB/RFU Referee David Pearson (David is refereeing Gloucester vs Canada at York University on Friday August 8th at 7pm.)
08:30 Q&A & Wrap Up: Roelie Cronje
08:45 Post-meeting social at a local pub
 
Please mark your calendars and come along for an informative evening on Daniel’s Mexico experience and the “New Laws” which are being introduced next year in Ontario. Afterwards in the pub, socialize and reminisce with your fellow referees and confess (without penalty) your latest on-field experiences.
 
Also, it is time for the Ontario Rugby Referee Society (ORRS) to plan for their outgoing Scottish exchange. This is an opportunity for a developing referee that shows promise for the panel (ORRS), or who is already on the panel, to travel to Scotland on an ORRS exchange. It is a wonderful experience and has great benefit in terms of development and coaching.
 
If you are interested, please contact Roelie Cronje (roelie.cronje@ehssconsultants.com) before Sunday, July 27th. From there, the ORRS will review the list of potential candidates and will identify the persons (usually 2) that are best suited for this opportunity. It should take no longer than 1-2 weeks to advise the referees that have been selected.
 
Allan Graham
TDRRS Secretary
 
PS: The address of the Sports Alliance building is 1185 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto which is the Don Mills and Eglinton area. It can be accessed from the south east parking lot behind the building. Enter off Rochefort Drive which is one block south of Eglinton and runs east from Don Mills Road. Go north on Ferrand Drive and enter the parking lot on your left.