Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees

We speak to Clare Daniels from England Rugby about their drive to attract more female match officials into the game. There's also news from around the refereeing world from the last few weeks

In this week's Advantage Over podcast, we're talking concussion as well as the latest news from the rugby referee world. Tune in now!

This week's Advantage Over podcast feature interview is with the London Society of Rugby Referee's Fitness Adviser, Ross Hanbury. We discuss pre-season training, the best sort of training to do pre-season, diet and the importance of sleep!We discuss the YoYo Test - you can download it here Who's Ross? He's worked in professional UK sport for over 10 years as a sport scientist and as strength and conditioning coach. He has a Masters degree in sport and exercise science and is an accredited

We're joined today by Women's World Rugby World Cup match official, Rose LaBreche who talks about her story, her experiences at the Rio Olympics and what it's like to be part of an elite referee team. We also bring you news from: the Super Rugby final; the expansion of the Pro12 into Pro14 and what it means for refereeing and; a call from South Africa to bring criminal charges for match official abuse. We'd love your podcast feedback - drop us a line at ref@rugbyreferee.net

In this first 'proper' episode of the Advantage Over podcast we bring you: News of the World Rugby Laws Simplification process - http://rugbyreferee.net/2017/07/19/rugby-law-book-sale-50-off-coming-soon/ Super Rugby semi final appointments - http://rugbyreferee.net/2017/07/27/superrugby-semi-final-referees/ Mark Ray's new referee analyst role at SAANZAR - http://refrug.by/2v2g1O6 Waikato finals and Otago finals appointments And then we take a deep dive into the World Rugby Global Law

Welcome to the introduction edition of Advantage Over, our new podcast, bringing you the latest referee news, appointments and discussion points about refereeing in rugby union. In this introduction we explain why we're launching Advantage Over and explain why it's for you: It's for you if...: You want to keep on top of referee news You want your referee questions answered - if you're a new referee, prospective referee or armchair referee You want to from the best referees in the world or