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The charity nominated this year is PLAN UK. As usual the referees will be encouraging all the players and match officials to make a donation at their matches on Saturday 3rd March. The event marks another milestone in the Presidential year of David Armstrong. He heartily supports this charity and hopes that this year, like […]
Alistair Magowan comments on the medallion Game Sullivan Upper v Wallace High – Awesome respect to these guys who volunteer their services and recently ensured that the 4th roudn of the schools’ cup had touch judges for the first time. Below is also a list of Ulster Rugby referees officiating at major international games!!!!!!!!!!! Major […]
Another exciting weekend ahead in the Heineken and Amlin Cup and some of Ulster’s officials will be performing at the top level. Members from the USRFR will be involved in the following fixtures below interspersed with interviews from Shane Toolan, Stephen McConkey & Maurice Butler extoling the joys of officiating the game. These guys and […]
Last weekend, many of our thoughts were on how Ulster’s team would do in Italy against Aironi. However, for some members of USRFR their attentions were on other parts of Europe as they officiated in important fixtures. Here is the list of when and where Ulster’s finest were on duty. Heineken Cup Biarritz vs Benetton […]
Latest from Tir Chonaill 13th Dec… Referee Report: The club were delighted with the report written by referee Billy O’Gorman of his experiences of travelling to Carrickfin from Newry to referee the senior game between Tir Chonaill and Inishowen in September. There has been tremendous positive feedback about this, and it was great publicity for […]
Having received early notification from referee administrator Jill McCullough that my assignment for Saturday 24th September had just been cancelled, I scanned the ‘Fixtures & Appointments’ for ‘Referees’ on the ‘Domestic’ section of the Ulster Rugby website for an alternative fixture. It was to my surprise that I saw an available fixture which immediately grabbed […]
From far and wide across Ulster, referees of all grades and ages flocked to Shaws Bridge to listen to Ireland’s head of referee development, David McHugh from Munster. CLICK HERE FOR Lots Of PICTURES In the teeming rain, David delivered a master class in positioning and movement to the active referees and onlooking referee assessors. […]
George Clancy will get the 17th Heineken Cup tournament up and running when he takes charge of the match between Racing Metro 92 and Cardiff Blues at Stade Yves du Manoir on Friday, 11 November. It will be the Irish referee’s 31st tournament match with French official Jerome Garces on duty at the other opening […]