The first specialist insurance package for UK rugby referees has been launched by Howden and athlete wellbeing provider Player Support Services. The scheme costs £10 a month and promises referees ...

The Rugby Football Union president blocked the secretary of its own referees union from attending a roadshow event in a fiery ...

International rugby referee Karl Dickson said his time in Hong Kong was key to him reaching the pinnacle of his sport. One of a handful of elite players who have successfully swapped competing for ...

The grassroots rugby referee, who is being remembered as a “genuine and humble man”, collapsed while reffing a game on the Gold Coast on the weekend. Gold Coast rugby referee Shawn McQuillan ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Gold Coast rugby referee Shawn McQuillan passed away in hospital after a medical incident at a game at Runaway Bay on Saturday. Four ambulances were ...

Some of rugby league’s most iconic characters have lifted the curtain on the dark arts of impersonating referees in the wake Josh Curran’s bizarre penalty. We reveal the game’s greatest ...

The official soon made the step up to the Rugby Football Union (RFU) national panel, and became the first referee to officiate a professional game while wearing a body camera during the 2012/13 ...

A referee at this year's Six Nations was once removed from an England game after leaving France 'screwed' during a Rugby World Cup match. Angus Gardner will oversee today's showdown between ...

Rugby league players have a long history of impersonating referees. Langmack reckons he and players from his era would have been sin-binned every week for impersonating a referee. One player from ...