Laws & Referees Referees to 13 November Jonathan Kaplan will be come South Africa's most capped referee when he breaks the record held by André Watson at Lansdowne Road on Saturday. And congratulations to Peter Allen of Scotland who will be refereeing his very first Test! 0
Laws & Referees Kaplan passes Watson On Saturday, when Ireland play New Zealand, Jonathan Kaplan of South Africa will referee his 28th Test, thus breaking the record he held jointly with André Watson. 0
Laws & Referees A sad refereeing tale Tomáš Tuma of the Czech Republic was appointed - late - to referee the Intercontinental match between Georgia and Uruguay in Tbilissi. He tells his story. 0
Laws & Referees Lensbury Conference and what they talked about The IRB's top referees and some top coaches from around the world met at the Lensbury Club at Teddington, London, last week for discussions on the application of the Laws of the Game. 0
Law Discussions The first Tests of November As we shall do throughout this month wherever we can, we shall give some statistics on each match with some comparisons from match to match. 0
Law Discussions Heineken Round 2 Round 2 of the Heineken Cup has just been played with all that high drama in High Wycombe. We shall discuss some incidents from the weekend, including the last action of that match and an interesting scrum award earlier in the match. 0
Laws & Referees Referees to 6 November Not that other rugby stops, but the focus of attention this month is on the international matches, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, and this week there is already an outbreak of such matches, from Tokyo to Buenos Aires, and the European Nations Cup - the Six Nations B - kicks off this weekend as well. And there are CAR semi-finals. 0
Tournaments Gloucester throw the book at Paul Gloucester have handed Henry Paul a final written warning and have fined him three weeks' wages after he missed three successive training sessions earlier this month. 0
News Gloucester throw the book at Paul Gloucester have handed Henry Paul a final written warning and have fined him three weeks' wages after he missed three successive training sessions earlier this month. 0
Laws & Referees Steve Strydom passes away Steve Strydom died in Cape Town on 28 November 2005 after a great life in sport, especially in the rugby, after a brave, nine-year battle against cancer. 0
Tournaments Connacht come alive in Europe Connacht got Round Two of the European Challenge Cup with a fine win over Montpellier in France. Narbonne hit back for France with a victory in Italy - but it wasn't easy... 0
Tournaments Connacht come alive in Europe Connacht got Round Two of the European Challenge Cup with a fine win over Montpellier in France. Narbonne hit back for France with a victory in Italy - but it wasn't easy... 0