Episodes
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The team is back for all those whistleblowers out there.
Candace, Rob and Pearcey chat about âŠ
-New head of World Rugby
-Autumn International matches and the refereeing trends
-The Coronation of NSW new referee President
-Matches coming up and referee appointments
Law of the week- Foul Play- 9.16, or as Rob calls it The Law of Unintended Consequences.
Captain chat: Luke Pearce
Golden Whistles: Ella Goldsmith and Jess Ling
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Candace, Rob and Pearcey review the Autumn internationals matches from the past weekend. With the main focus being the big win at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham- where the Wallabies beat England - 42-37
Topics:
-How important is a good captain.
-Management in play (breakdown)
-Obstruction/ Escorting management
-Future international matches and our predictions
Law of the week: Scoring 8- 2e
Golden Whistle: Remembering a valuable member of the Central West Rugby Community- Teagan Miller
If you need to speak to someoneâ> Life Line: 13 11 14 (Australia)
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Candace, Rob and Pearcey are back chatting about the big matches from the Autumn Internationals.
Main segment: A match review of England vs New Zealand from a referee perspective.
They touch on the Scotland vs Fiji match- refereed by Craig Evans.
Highlight the Rugby Australia Awards 2024:
Golden Whistle: Ian McGowan, QLD Country Rugby Referees getting the Andrew Cole Community Match Official of the Year award
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Rob and Candace meet up again in a new virtual studio to discuss the Autumn International rugby matches coming up.
They highlight the WXV tournament and how well it was run for match officials and players.
Review the impact the Wallaroos will have with the Rugby World Cup 2025 draw.
They touch on the grey area around the ruck, from a game situation played by Ireland vs New Zealand.
The main segment is about the law trials and variations for the Autumn International matches.
Golden whistle: Ben OâKeeffe
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Rob and Candace are back !
The main segment this week they discuss the topics covered in the âBehind the Whistle- The Bledisloeâ Q&A.
The Panel:
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
ARs: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) & Damian Schneider (Argentina)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (England)
Foul play officer: Eric Gauzins (France)
Plus the WXV has started, with the all in important law trials being used. Rob explains which ones are being used for this tournament.
Golden Whistle: Aimee Barrett-Theron
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In Part 2 of the Interview with Keith Lewis at the London World Rugby office. Candace asks Keith the Play On Podcast rapid fire questions.
They speak about how laws change and why they pick laws to trial.
What is Keithâs motto or mantra when he referees? This and more on Play On
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Candace travels to the World Rugby office to meet Keith Lewis the World Rugby Law Coordinator.
Keith describes his journey on getting into his current role at World Rugby and his blogging- https://rugbyreferee.net/
They touch on Keith being a TMO for 7yrs but also advising the bunker system.
They review the referee selection for WXV and how this will affect the World Cup in 2025.
Captain chat: Nigel Owenâs
Closing with Keith Rugby referee journal :)
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They are back ! Nathan and Candace meet up to discuss Rugby 7s at the Olympics the results and the refereeing that type of game. Plus a little Olympic 7s quiz.
Blowes Cup summary on who might be in the final for Central West Rugby.
What happens when a player is given their 3rd yellow card for the season?
Highlight rugby news: WXV and International tests.
Law of the week: 20.11 (Penalty and free-kick)
Captains chat: thanks to Hollie Davidson
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This week Candace, Rob and Pearcey focus on drop goals in rugby union. How to give a drop goal ? What happens if itâs successful or not? What to look out for?
The other topics discussed are- which national anthem is their favourite at rugby matches as a referee and as a spectator.
They follow with the big question âWhat happens when the ball or other objects hits the referee?â.
We touch on the âSydney Whistleâ and overall referees and their whistle tone.
Law of the week: 6.11 a/b- Match Official
Golden Whistle: is ironically a whistle.
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The three finally meet up in person for the pod- Candace, Rob and Pearcey.
Pearcey shares his Blowes Cup referee experience which Candace happens to be his Match Official Developer!
Candace reflects from her Ref #6 experience from the Wallaroos vs Fiji match.
Main topic: the three review how the trial laws are going within International games and U20s Championship.
Golden Whistle: Amy Perrett
Law of the week: 21.17 (In-goal) & 19.1 (Scrum)
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Candace Barritt and Nathan Pearce focus on Penalty Tries ! How far out is it acceptable to give a penalty try ? What common areas do they occur?
Highlight some rugby referee news: UK Premiership Finals for the Womenâs comp has been completed and we highlight those referees involved. Plus, Conrad Smith has become a referee !
They touch on referee exchange programs with referees traveling to New Zealand and South Africa.
Golden Whistle: Wayne Barnes :)
Law of the week: 18.36
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This week, Candace Barritt and Rob McKay cover events in finals rugby across the globe. This includes high impact moments and the processes match officials use to manage them.
A benchmark player suspension handed down by World Rugby.
Is âRespect the kickerâ a thing (or not)?
A great example of the captain chat. Plus a new segment- âRef unfilteredâ
The regular Law of the week- its foul play, but not as you know it (9.8 & 9.9)
All this and more from Play On !
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Candace Barritt and Rob McKay meet up again to focus on if rugby players are watching enough rugby. While Rob bares all about his story with meeting Ben OâKeeffe for the first time.
They highlight the Menâs Super Rugby Final with the Blues vs Chiefs coming up and how much impact does the home crowd have on the game and on the match officials. Plus what is the right level of industrial deafness that you need as a match official.
It finishes with how the referee finals selection process works and their guess on who gets the whistle!
Golden Whistle: State Champ Referees
Law of the week: 15.16.d (Ruck) & 19.38.a (Scrum)
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This week we have our first guest on the podcast- Stuart Dickinson (Stu): a former World Rugby Referee. He answers some quick fire questions about his most memorable moments, a law he wishes could change and his personal rugby referee motto (plus more)!
The focus this week is to highlight the disappointing news about the Melbourne Rebels going into administration. While celebrating what the club has done to the community in Victoria. Stu and Nathan (Pearcey) get interviewed by Candace on how this news affects Australian Rugby and how this might impact the Victoria Rugby Referees.
It finishes off with the classic:
Golden Whistle is: Christophe Ridley
Law of the week: 18.14 (Lineout)
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Coucou ! This week Candace and Rob do a French themed pod.
Rob referee update was his one of a kind tied games scenario.
Highlighting the Pacific 4 series winners and Champions (EPCR) Cup referees. Focus is around timing for try no try and overtime.
Candace tests her grade school French on Rob with some referee French phrases. Joue, Joue !
Golden Whistle: Mathieu Raynal
Law of the week: The ground 1.3
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Rob McKay the Referee Secretary of NSW joins the pod for the first time with Candace to run through his rapid fire questions.
The main focus is breaking down the law changes and trials that have come through the last few weeks from World Rugby.
Candace and Rob go through their favourite law changes and ones they are interested to see play out. Plus what dates they launch !
Golden Whistle: Hollie Davidson
Law of the week: 15:16 f (Ruck)
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The all important Pre Game Chat !
Candace has been working on re writing and recording her pre game chat. She runs through it with Nathan and he shares his referee bible.
They discuss about who they involve in the pre game chat and how they brief front row. Also do you make the captains sign a contract? What do you say to brief the front row?
Golden Whistle- Tyler Miller
Womenâs Grand Final + Womenâs 6 nations are all complete- so we highlighted the great referees !
Law of the week: 16.18 Maul and ending with Captain chat :)
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Candace and Nathan are back! Itâs time to finally introduce themselves and how they got into refereeing.
They answer some quick fire questions such as: favourite law, worst player youâve reffed, best and worst advice someone gave you about rugby refereeing and more.
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Candace Barritt + Nathan Pearce meet for the first trial of the Rugby Union Referee podcast !
It will cover womenâs and menâs rugby matches from a referee perspective. With Candace explaining what itâs like to referee Aqua Rugby in Sydney, Australia. Nathanâs spills the tea about Kiama 7s. While the Womenâs Super Rugby have the Semi Finals which Candace is a Ref #6 for. Then finally we touch on some tips on how to prepare for a match as a rugby union referee.
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