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Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees

RugbyReferee.net

Bringing you the latest news about rugby refereeing - appointments, law news, rugby news - as well as a closer look at all the aspects of being a rugby referee or match official

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33:32

Tarsh Ganley : A Rugby World Cup journey and beyond..

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2025/12/04

Today, I'm joined by Natarsha Ganley from New Zealand to chat about her rise from newbie to Rugby World Cup referee. We chat about her starting story, her new day job, her referee career to date, overcoming injury at a crucial point in the selection cycle, and her RWC experiences. We also chat about what's next, including how she's heading north for three months in 2026 to gain refereeing experience in England's PWR league. If you have any comments about this episode, or suggestions for future

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43:05

The Bald Ref - standing up for referees, and for...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2025/10/24

Today, we're joined by Jonny Cartwright, who you may know as The_Bald_Ref on Instagram. He's just been recognised as Loosehead Of the Year 2025 at the Looseheadz Community Awards. We talk about:Jonny's journey from coach to refereeHow he develops referees in his role as T&D lead in Manchester & District Referees (MADRefs)How Looseheadz is and how he got into supporting them (trigger warning)#WaffleWednesdayHis officiating at the World Record rugby matches in Ireland earlier in 2025How he

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29:57

The pod returns

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2025/10/10

Hi, it's Keith here and after numerous prods from you, dear listeners, it was time to get the recording device out once again. Bit of a catch up on a few things in today's episode: Women's RWC match officiatingRefereeing a foul play scenario after a try Charging down a Try Line Drop outRefereeing the new open play pod liftA tricky situation for me with a piece of player equipmentRelevant links: RugbyReferee.net Open play pod lift articleWorld Rugby approved devices listRezon Halos - may well be a

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22:08

AO42: Global Law Trials for 2025

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2024/11/21

In this episode, Keith talks through the announcement from World Rugby following the Council meeting on 14 November which agreed to the introduction of four Global Law Trials for new competitions/leagues after 1 January 2025. References to "previous episodes" relate to Episode 40: Ep 40 - What is going on with laws and law changes at World Rugby?We talk about: Quicker conversionsA new set time to form a lineout (in line with 30 seconds at the scrum)Cleaner play away from the ruck/maul/scrumNot

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18:11

Launching the brand new rugby Refereeing Journal

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2024/09/29

This episode is all about you and something I've created for you. It's the sort of thing that I never knew I needed, but now it's a real, physical thing, Im hoping it helps you and your refereeing.It can be a solitary life as a referee - often travelling on our own to matches, not seeing any advisers/coaches every week, and only monthly meetings with our peers. So how can we help you think positively about your refereeing and your progress?This is where the Journal comes in. This has all the crib

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33:06

Ep 40 - What is going on with laws and law changes at...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2024/05/04

A walk through the law change proposals coming out of World Rugby in recent weeks. What is going on? What will actually change? And when?In today's episode, I will walk through where this law chat has come from, the importance of World Rugby's Shape of the Game meetings and all the elements that are flowing from that event held at the end of February 2024.More information mentioned in the episode:1) World Rugby press release: Shape of the Game meeting. 29 February 20242) WR Press release 2 - World

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17:31

Ep 39 - Refereeing tips if you're a 'coach with a...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2023/09/27

Today, I walk through some great tips for all those rugby coaches out there who have to take charge of a match as a referee. Are you a Coach with a Whistle (TM), rather than a rugby referee? Maybe you're a reluctant ref - a volunteer being thrust forward because you had too much to say during a match? Maybe you just didn't avoid eye contact quickly enough when your parents group were asked for help? Or maybe you're just starting to think that you might want to give refereeing a go!Well, firstly

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36:07

Episode 38: Refereeing as a wheelchair user with MND...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2023/08/14

Today, we're joined by Graeme Bloom - a unique person in the rugby refereeing community. Graeme's a keen supporter of match officials and, despite an MND diagnosis in 2019, he remains committed to staying involved in refereeing our great game. During the conversation we hear about his story and his ambitions to be a referee. We hear a little about his experiences in match officiating so far around the world. We also chat about what he's done since his diagnosis, and what he'd like to be doing while

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45:33

Episode 37 - Refereeing news update

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2023/06/08

Hi, Keith Lewis from RugbyReferee.net here with a general update on refereeing news! Plenty to chat about from the referees and refereeing world at the moment! In this episode, I walk through: 1) New formal Law clarification - grounding on a thing in in-goal 2) Law issues Loose ball brought to ground is classed as "held/holding"2012 Clarification "The player is considered to be carrying the ball as the ball is in the air when it is first played"SuperSport discussion:Laws: Scoring from in in-goal -

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45:51

Episode 36: New Zealand Rugby's community tackle...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2023/02/23

Today, I'm joined by New Zealand Rugby's Mike Hester to chat about their law variations for the 2023 rugby season. They include a lower tackle height, a restriction on scrum halves and for the pack as a whole. All three are important for all referees and match officials across Aotearoa.Mike is NZR's Game Participation Manager, and he tells me about:His background as an elite referee - in football!His shift into game participationThe shape of New Zealand rugby and the challenges they faceThe tackle

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34:39

Episode 35 - A new Law Application Guideline for 2023

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2023/01/01

It's a Happy New Year to you all! Today, Keith Lewis, founder of RugbyReferee.net and host of the Advantage Over podcast talks through a new World Rugby 2023 Law Application Guideline for 2023. While much of it is targetted at the elite end of the game, the principles within it covers all of rugby no matter what level we're refereeing! So we need to be aware of the drive by World Rugby in these areas. The episode covers the six areas in the new Law Application Guideline (the link here includes some

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33:42

Episode 34: July 2022 Law Changes now in play

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2022/07/03

Today, it's a solo episode with Keith talking through all the new law changes and amends that have now come into play from 1 July 2022. In summary, Keith talks aboutAll the Global Law Trials from last season which move into full lawTwo new GLTs – scrum brake foot, and restrictions on medics/water carriersSome minor wording where there have had to be a formalclarifications in law in recent yearsMinor amends following Union, player and match officials feedbackUpdated TMO protocol (download a copy

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40:23

Episode 33 - Mental skills for Refereeing

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2022/06/28

Today, we're joined by Tim Wyatt, a Sportand Exercise Psychologist (in training) to chat about... well.. sport and psychology! Especially for us as rugby referees.We chatted about identifying your own values for refereeing, and then how we prep for a game, cope during the game, and finally the importance of reflection. The article to go with this can be found at: https://rugbyreferee.net/2022/06/28/mental-skills-for-refereeing/------------------------------------------------You can find Tim

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28:39

Episode 32 - Refereeing ugly

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2022/06/06

Today, it's a solo episode looking at the one of the less pleasant sides of our game - the general increase in angst and poor behaviour on and around the rugby field. We have a look into how to manage and deal with these types of situations, whether it's players baiting each other, angsty touch judges, coaches, replacements and spectators. There's some helpful lines and approaches that we have discussed in our referee community group, so my thanks to those who contributed their thoughts and

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34:01

Episode 31 - Scottish Rugby's Match Official Strategy...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2022/04/29

I'm joined by Andrew Macpherson, now the High Performance Match Official Manager from Scottish Rugby to talk about their new three year Refereeing and Match Official Development StrategyWe chat about:Why there's been a 17 year gap between Scottish international refereesThe new Match Official Strategy and how it'll help reduce the 17 year gap before the next oneHow to attract referees up and down the rugby pyramidCreating CPD for referees - and accrediting new trainersHow great referees need great

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53:44

Episode 30: Staying referee fit without any rugby

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2020/11/07

I'm joined for a second time by Ross Hanbury, a referee fitness specialist who's been working with various referee societies and referees for some years now.We talk about all sorts of things through this episode - from finding small ways to keep mobile while working from home, to getting started again, staying fit when we're all stuck at home, some mobility and speed suggestions.We also go through the various fitness tests which rugby referees can do to set a benchmark for future attainment. And we

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01:18:56

Episode 29: Three Blokes, a ball and Bod: A referee...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2020/08/05

A slightly different style of show for you here as I bring you the audio of a Facebook Live show, recorded on 22 July 2020, and hosted by Three Blokes, A Ball & Bod. Co-hosted by Advantage Over host Keith Lewis and the show's own Big Joe Sheppard, we were joined by Bay of Plenty Referee Manager, Cam Russell and Premiership Rugby TMO (who had 110 appearances as a Premiership referee) David Rose.We covered so much ground in the show and it was a shame not to bring you the audio. It was record

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13:28

Episode 28: Bonus edition: Law variation options for...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2020/05/28

Bonus episode as World Rugby have today outlined 10 possible temporary law changes so that rugby can restart in a post-Coronavirus world. It will be up to individual Unions and competition chiefs to decide whether to introduce the, and which ones, on a temporary basis to suit local regulations or guidance.For full wordings and story, visit: https://rugbyreferee.net/2020/05/28/post-covid-19-law-variation-options-announced-by-world-rugby/

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37:34

Episode 27 - Mental Health & Resilience for rugby...

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2020/05/21

Today, we're joined by Nick Marshall, active referee and organiser of Marshalling Men's Minds - a community and support network for those with poor mental health,We talked about his refereeing and mental health journeys (one upwards, one less so..) and how he overcame it.We talked about how to spot if you're struggling, what triggers you (or your nearest and dearest may see) as well as how that manifests when you head onto the field.We covered some ground around dealing with pressure on the pitch,

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03:57

BONUS episode: Law change - Scoring against the post

Advantage Over podcast for rugby referees ·

2020/05/12

World Rugby have today (12 May 2020) changed the scoring law, removing the ability for a player to score a try by grounding the ball against the post protector.Why? Well listen in and find out! (Hint: player safety)Full story: https://rugbyreferee.net/2020/05/12/law-change-grounded-against-post-protector-removed-as-scoring-possibility/

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