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 | 01/12/2011 Taranaki's rugby referees are staying rural.
After nine years of being sponsored by Taranaki Farmers, the whistle blowers
have announced a new three-year deal with rural supplies store Farmlands.
"Refereeing from the sidelines has always been a passion of mine," Farmlands
regional manager Keith Stockman said.
"I just feel it's an excellent thing to get involved with because where the
hell would we be without referees. I mean, everybody wants to sponsor the
Taranaki A team but I think it's more beneficial for our wider community for us
to come in on the referees' side." for the full story click here |
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| |  | | Lionel Shaw at Hawera June 21st | | A hug from Jason Hooper to share the mud, watched on by
Kane Bretherton and Billy Devine. |
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Centenary Photos will be on here soon.
If you have some and would like to share them, please forward them in an email to me. |
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TRRA The First One Hundred Years
Centennial booklets available - $10.00 each
Grant Hassall - New Plymouth
Roy Lithgow - Stratford
Lionel Shaw - Hawera
Ian Lobb - "Very interesting"
Rob Lord - "A bloody good read"
Ralph Winmill - "Magnificent" |  |
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Linked
here are the 2011 technical priorities as discussed at our recent
meeting. Application of these is as per law with the focus on a
stronger emphasis allowing a solid competetive game of rugby to
be played.
These are not changes in law but are areas for focus.
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Comms Gear
Reminder
to all Referees, Alan Johnston is the contact person for radio and
comms gear.
When returning or if you are looking for gear, please
contact Alan for this.
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Lets get kicked off on time . . .
A
reminder to referees about getting games kicked off on time. When
talking with team managers and captains prior to the game, remind them
they need to be on the field and ready to kick off at the time
prescribed, not just leaving the changing rooms then.
This is part
of our role to ensure that happens. Often other games may on that field
after , or referees are required to run touch.
Often you will
need to be running teams onto the field from their changing rooms with
sometimes up to 5 minutes beforehand, as it can take that long for them to
finally come out, or it can take that long to make it to the field. |
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| Game management document TRRA |
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Rugby Smart
All
referees must have attended a rugby smart
before
taking the field.
There are videos of the rugby smart available for you to view if you
have not attended yet..
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Taranaki
Rugby Referees Discussion Board
www.taranakirra.proboards.com
Above
is a link to the TRRA discussion board, something new, and somewhere
you can have your say about topics in rugby.
You
can simply browse the topics or if you want to post comments you will
need to register your name or nickname , this is private if you want it
to be, the board is safe and secure and if you have any questions feel
free to ask .
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The IRB has launched
new interactive website http://www.irblaws.com which teaches and tests the
Laws of the game. It is hoped that this tool will revolutionize Rugby
Law education.
The key features are:
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