Match Officials

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.

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
February	15-17	Level 3 officiating XV Rugby	Webinar	J.DUME-J.MEERSMAN-P.DUARTE
February	24-25	RE High Level	Webinar	J.DUME - J.JUTGE
March	from 04 to 07	Level 2 officiating	Turkey	P.DUARTE
April		Level 2 officiating	Romania	tbc
June/July		Level 3 Officiating 7 rugby	Portugal	P.DUARTE
August		Level 2 officiating	Sweden	tbc
October	16-18	Level 2 Coaching of Match Officials	Georgia	tbc
November		Level 2 officiating	Croatia	tbc

 

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	Thomas STEPANEK	rugby@stepanekgmbh.at
BELGIUM	Frank MICHIELS	frankmichiels@telenet.be
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA	Mirza ORUC	mirza.oruc@gmail.com
CROATIA	Hrvoje BARTOLIC	hrvoje.bartolic@zg.t-com.hr
CZECHIA	Tomas TUMA	tomas.tuma@rugbyunion.cz
DENMARK	Mike HAWKINS	mistohawk@gmail.com
ENGLAND	Tony SPREADBURY	tonyspreadbury@rfu.com
FINLAND	Stevan THORNE	frra@rugby.fi
FRANCE	Franck MACIELLO	franck.maciello@ffr.fr
GEORGIA	Luka KILASONIA	refereeing@rugby.ge
GERMANY	Ralf TIETGE	rtietge@rugby-verband .de
HUNGARY	Norbert MATRAI	matrai.norbert83@gmail.com
IRELAND	Dudley PHILIPS	dudley.philips@irfu.ie
ISRAEL	Ariel CABRAL	ariel.cabral@rugby.org.il
ITALY	Carlo DAMASCO	arb.damascocarlo@federugby.it
LATVIA	Arturs KARLIS	karlis@gpsolutions.lv
LITHUANIA	Simas BANYS	banys-simas@hotmail.com
LUXEMBOURG	Stéphane BERTONCINI	stephane.bertoncini@gmail.com
MALTA	Samuel RAMAGE	referees@rugbymalta.com
MOLDOVA	Eugeniu PROCOPI	eugeniuprocopi@gmail.com
MONACO	Yves BROCHARD	ybrochard06@aol.com
NETHERLANDS	Michael ASSMAN	crs@rugby.nl
NORWAY	Séverine LESCOFFIT	severine.lescoffit@gmail.com
POLAND	Wieslaw PIOTROWICZ	referee.pzrugby@onet.pl
PORTUGAL	Ferdinando DE SOUSA	dta@fpr.pt
ROMANIA	George BARGAUNAS	george.bargaunas@frr.ro
RUSSIA	Valery DAVYDOV	v.davydov1953@gmail.com
SCOTLAND	Tappe HENNING	tappe.henning@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	Saliha UCPINAR	saliha.ucpinar@sgmail.com
UKRAINE	Dimitri SAMOYLENKO	rugby_ua@hotmail.com
WALES	Paul ADAMS	padams@wru.wales

 

Useful links and resources 

• World Rugby Officiating

• TMO Protocol