A New Zealand referee is about to enter a boot camp in Portugal as one of 10 international whistlers for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup. When Natarsha “Tarsh” Ganley locked her rugby ...

Karl Dickson will be in charge of Saracens v Bath on Saturday, and he is in contention to referee the big Rugby Championship match of the summer, New Zealand vs South Africa in Auckland in September.

During a chance meeting recently with a former international rugby referee, one of his first comments about the game he officiated for many years was: “I’m all rugby’d out.” Whether that ...

World Rugby has agreed to a red-card replacement. But it should also be beefing up justifications for referees to give straight reds. Failure to do so would be irresponsible. Appalling fouls ...

He has seen a societal shift and a general degradation of respect towards referees over the years. Kennett adds that rugby is a sport based on mutual respect and communities need to stand up to ma ...

has been assigned to the Hurricanes this year.Joe Allison / Getty Images The country’s top referees will train alongside Super Rugby franchises this year, as part of a New Zealand Rugby initiative.

Uriah Rennie, who made history when he became the Premier League's first black referee, has died at the age of 65 and the world of football has paid tribute to the trailblazer ...

Leicester Tigers boss Michael Cheika took aim at the referee after coming up short in the Premiership final as he declared ...

“Beyond that, he was a mentor, a friend, and an inspiration yo many earning deep respect across the rugby league community.” The club described him as “a true player’s referee ad more ...

The Horowhenua-Kāpiti Rugby Union has taken the unprecedented step of threatening to cancel senior club rugby matches in response to escalating abuse towards match officials. Chief executive ...

Bath claimed a first Premiership title for nearly 30 years as they held off a late Leicester charge to win a pulsating final 38-31 at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon ...