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interested in refereeing

  • 05-02-2008 7:38pm
    #1
    DanOB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭


    hey, im 16 and interested in becoming a ref.. im in leinster so i guess it'd be leinster i need to get in touch with..

    any of you refs? and do any of you have any insights on refereeing at my age?

    thanks in advance, dan


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  • #2
    supasoumi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭supasoumi


    a good way to start would be the schoolboy refereeing scheme...i did it and found it a helpful way to start.


  • #3
    DanOB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭DanOB


    supasoumi wrote: »
    a good way to start would be the schoolboy refereeing scheme...i did it and found it a helpful way to start.
    is that still in opperation? i cant find any reference to it on the web..


  • #4
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,693 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    If you want abuse we can meet at a boards meet up and we can all insult you for a couple of hours and question your parentage :D


  • #5
    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,023 ✭✭✭Tim Robbins


    DanOB wrote: »
    hey, im 16 and interested in becoming a ref.. im in leinster so i guess it'd be leinster i need to get in touch with..

    any of you refs? and do any of you have any insights on refereeing at my age?

    thanks in advance, dan
    Yes I ref. But my advice would be to keep on playing at that age. Play for as long as you can before thinking about reffing. The more experience you have the better. You do get a lot of abuse as a ref especially at the lower levels, especially from the poorer teams. If you are a member of a club, ask them can you ref their U12 team.


  • #6
    supasoumi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭supasoumi


    yeah i did it last year...ask your gamesmaster in school.


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  • #7
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »
    If you want abuse we can meet at a boards meet up and we can all insult you for a couple of hours and question your parentage :D
    Or he could come to one of our training sessions!

    ;)


  • #8
    DanOB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭DanOB


    dont have a gamesmaster at school, we're not a rugger school unfortunately :(


  • #9
    Downtime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭Downtime


    Just sent you a PM there DanOB.


  • #10
    NUTLEY BOY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭NUTLEY BOY


    The amout of power that you can wield over mouthy sideline parents at schools level is awesome, especially when they get out of line.

    Seriously though, get proper guidance. Schoolboy refereeing has a few more hazards and higher levels of duty of care attaching to it that do not arise so much at club level.

    Good luck with it. May be you will be the next famous and very young referee like that famous Welsh chap of many years ago - Gwynn Walters ??


  • #11
    DanOB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭DanOB


    or alain rolland, hes cool..


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  • #12
    il gatto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭il gatto


    Are you short sighted? Is your decision making process highly inconsistant? Is your understanding of the rules of the game vague to the point of embarassing? Are your parents cousins? Does your mother put "it" about with the fans? Do you exhibit the lack of a spine whilst around the home fans?
    If the answers to all these questions are "Yes", despite your tender years, you could find yourself reffing a Magners League match by the end of the season.:rolleyes:


  • #13
    Downtime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭Downtime


    il gatto wrote: »
    Are you short sighted? Is your decision making process highly inconsistant? Is your understanding of the rules of the game vague to the point of embarassing? Are your parents cousins? Does your mother put "it" about with the fans? Do you exhibit the lack of a spine whilst around the home fans?
    If the answers to all these questions are "Yes", despite your tender years, you could find yourself reffing a Magners League match by the end of the season.:rolleyes:

    ???
    Laws!!!!!!!!


  • #14
    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,023 ✭✭✭Tim Robbins


    Downtime wrote: »
    ???
    Laws!!!!!!!!
    +1. Obviously a fan that have never read them :)


  • #15
    il gatto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭il gatto


    Tim Robbins wrote: »
    +1. Obviously a fan that have never read them :)

    You have presumed too much then. I have read them, and the proposed Stellenbosch ammendments. I've even studied the referee's signals book so I know what infringements have occurred.
    It was just a light hearted poke at refs. No need to take offence because I used the word "rules". Fair play to anyone who refs. I wouldn't even dream of doing it.


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