Match Officials

Officiating Strategy 

Rugby Europe has developed a strategic plan for the development of Referee’s in Europe based on two main pillars :

• To assist unions in building and structuring their Referees Department and in training local referees through coaching, mentoring and officiating international games
• Identify officiating talent and creating bridges with other institutions to join the international referee’s panel.

Rugby Europe aims to increase the recruitment and training of new referees throughout Europe and expand the role of Referees Managers, Coaches and Supervisors.

Rugby Europe organise regional and sub-regionals training sessions based on performance levels. The content of this programme is established on World Rugby policy and key-elements.

New talents will be scouted by Rugby Europe supervisors during XV and 7s Rugby Europe competitions. These supervisors have been selected and trained for an extensive period at international level. This process enables Rugby Europe to select the best referees for high-profile fixtures.

Become a Referee 

People interested in becoming referees are invited to contact their relevant Referee Manager through the union:

COUNTRY	Referee Manager	Contact email
AUSTRIA	Derek FISHER	derek.fisher@rugby-austria.at
BELGIUM	Philippe LENNE	refereefbrb@rugby.be
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA	Mirza ORUC	mirza.oruc@gmail.com
CROATIA	Silvio ZIVANOVIC	silvio.zivanovic@zg.t-com.hr
CZECHIA	Tomas TUMA	tomas.tuma@rugbyunion.cz
DENMARK	Mike HAWKINS	mistohawk@gmail.com
ENGLAND	Chris WHITE	ChrisWhite@RFU.com
FINLAND	Stevan THORNE	frra@rugby.fi
FRANCE	Franck MACIELLO	franck.maciello@ffr.fr
GEORGIA	Luka KILASONIA	refereeing@rugby.ge
HUNGARY	Norbert MATRAI	matrai.norbert83@gmail.com
IRELAND	Dudley PHILIPS	dudley.philips@irfu.ie
ISRAEL	Ariel CABRAL	ariel.cabral@rugby.org.il
ITALY	Alan FALZONE	arb.falzonealan@federugby.it
LATVIA	Karlis VENTS	karlis.vents@rugby-latvia.lv
LITHUANIA	Vaidotas GIRDVAINIS	vaidotas.girdvainis@gmail.com
LUXEMBOURG	Stéphane BERTONCINI	stephane.bertoncini@gmail.com
MALTA	Mauro MICELI	mauromiceli@gmail.com
MOLDOVA	Eugeniu PROCOPI	eugeniuprocopi@gmail.com
MONACO	Yves BROCHARD	ybrochard06@aol.com
NETHERLANDS	Michael ASSMAN	crs@rugby.nl
NORWAY	Yves LE NAOUR	lenaouryves@hotmail.com
POLAND	Przemyslaw FILAR	referee.pzrugby@onet.pl
PORTUGAL		conselhoarbitragem@fpr.pt
ROMANIA	George BARGAUNAS	george.bargaunas@frr.ro
SCOTLAND	Andrew MAC PHERSON	Andrew.MacPherson@sru.org.uk
SERBIA	Aleksandar LELIK	aleksandarlelik@gmail.com
SPAIN	Jose Manuel PARDAL	josemanuel.pardal@ferugby.es
SWEDEN	Julian BEVAN	julian.bevan@srdf.se
SWITZERLAND	Yann BENOIT	referee@suisserugby.com
TURKEY
UKRAINE	Borys KOROLEV	bobking@meta.ua
WALES	Paul ADAMS	padams@wru.wales

 

Referee Courses

Rugby Europe proposes training courses all along the season to the referees selected by each union. Hereafter the up-to-date calendar : 

MONTH	DATE	COURSE LEVEL	HOST UNION	TRAINER-EDUCATOR
January
February
February
March
April
June/July
August
October
November
December

 

 

Useful links and resources 

• World Rugby Officiating

• TMO Protocol