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Officiating Strategy 

Rugby Europe has developed a strategic plan for the development of Referee’s in Europe based on two main pillars :

  • To assist unions in building and structuring their Referees Department and in training local referees through coaching, mentoring and officiating international games
  • Identify officiating talent and creating bridges with other institutions to join the international referee’s panel.

Rugby Europe aims to increase the recruitment and training of new referees throughout Europe and expand the role of Referees Managers, Coaches and Supervisors.

Rugby Europe organise regional and sub-regionals training sessions based on performance levels. The content of this programme is established on World Rugby policy and key-elements.

New talents will be scouted by Rugby Europe supervisors during XV and 7s Rugby Europe competitions. These supervisors have been selected and trained for an extensive period at international level. This process enables Rugby Europe to select the best referees for high-profile fixtures.

Become a Referee 

People interested in becoming referees are invited to contact their relevant Referee Manager through the union:

COUNTRY

Referee Manager

Contact email

AUSTRIA

Derek FISHER

derek.fisher@rugby-austria.at

BELGIUM

Philippe LENNE 

refereefbrb@rugby.be 

BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA

Mirza ORUC

mirza.oruc@gmail.com

CROATIA

Silvio ZIVANOVIC

silvio.zivanovic@zg.t-com.hr

CZECHIA

Tomas TUMA

tomas.tuma@rugbyunion.cz

DENMARK

Mike HAWKINS

mistohawk@gmail.com

ENGLAND

Chris WHITE

ChrisWhite@RFU.com

FINLAND

Stevan THORNE

frra@rugby.fi

FRANCE

Franck MACIELLO

franck.maciello@ffr.fr

GEORGIA

Luka KILASONIA

refereeing@rugby.ge

HUNGARY

Norbert MATRAI

matrai.norbert83@gmail.com

IRELAND

Dudley PHILIPS

dudley.philips@irfu.ie

ISRAEL

Ariel CABRAL

ariel.cabral@rugby.org.il

ITALY

Alan FALZONE

arb.falzonealan@federugby.it

LATVIA

Karlis VENTS

karlis.vents@rugby-latvia.lv

LITHUANIA

Vaidotas GIRDVAINIS

vaidotas.girdvainis@gmail.com

LUXEMBOURG

Stéphane BERTONCINI

stephane.bertoncini@gmail.com

MALTA

Mauro MICELI

mauromiceli@gmail.com

MOLDOVA

Eugeniu PROCOPI

eugeniuprocopi@gmail.com

MONACO

Yves BROCHARD

ybrochard06@aol.com

NETHERLANDS

Michael ASSMAN

crs@rugby.nl

NORWAY

Yves LE NAOUR

lenaouryves@hotmail.com

POLAND

Przemyslaw FILAR

referee.pzrugby@onet.pl

PORTUGAL

 

conselhoarbitragem@fpr.pt

ROMANIA

George BARGAUNAS

george.bargaunas@frr.ro

SCOTLAND

Andrew MAC PHERSON

Andrew.MacPherson@sru.org.uk

SERBIA

Aleksandar LELIK

aleksandarlelik@gmail.com

SPAIN

Jose Manuel PARDAL

josemanuel.pardal@ferugby.es

SWEDEN

Julian BEVAN

julian.bevan@srdf.se

SWITZERLAND

Yann BENOIT

referee@suisserugby.com

TURKEY

   

UKRAINE

Borys KOROLEV

bobking@meta.ua

WALES

Paul ADAMS

padams@wru.wales

 

Referee Courses

Rugby Europe proposes training courses all along the season to the referees selected by each union. Hereafter the up-to-date calendar : 

MONTH DATE COURSE LEVEL HOST UNION TRAINER-EDUCATOR
January        
February        
February        
March        
April        
June/July        
August        
October        
November        
December        

 

 

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