CURRENT REFEREE RESOURCES

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​Resource Links

• Game Management Guidelines (24-25)

• In-goal Permutations (2022)

• Other USA Rugby Referee Resources

• World Rugby Law Book

• World Rugby Handbook

• Referee Development Webinars

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New & Trial Global Laws Review

• World Rugby 2024-25 Law Changes (effective January 1, 2025)

• World Rugby 2024-25 Law Changes (effective July 1, 2024)

  • Presentation with examples​

• Clarification!  NO 50:22 or GLDO for 7s per World Rugby​​.  For 7s:​​

  • ​An attacker knocks-on in-goal = 5-meter scrum to defense

  • An attacker kicks the ball into in-goal in open play and a defender grounds the ball or makes the ball dead = 22-meter drop-out