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Sevens - Uncovered - The Sevens Referee

Sevens - Uncovered - The Sevens Referee

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With sevens in increasingly specialist sport much is made of the players, but one of the referees in the shorter sharper version of the game. Welcome to everybody. Congratulations again on your appointment to this very important tournament. It's going to be tough teams are going to be a little bit tired and there's going to be some tough calls that you'll have to make so best of luck and look forward to seeing you in here at the next great. Good luck. Thank you. I think the IRB have recognized that sevens needs to move forward it particularly as far as the refereeing goes and there's two ways that you can improve referees is firstly by coaching and also then selection based as well. So it's about getting the best guys available and coaching them so that when we get to the Olympics to come off games and also the World Cup that we've got eight solid referees at every tournament. Well, obviously with the next Olympics in Rio on the horizon, obviously, we're looking to develop specialist sevens referees. We're looking for development and Coach The Specialist skills. And find out if the fit young referees required to referee in at the elite level in sevens and when match day comes it's crucial to the flow of such a dynamic game that the referee knows his role and is in the right place at the right time. You want to be able to go out there and let the players decide the outcome. So it's all a bit of a whirlwind and you try and let the players play the game and try and stay out of the game as much as possible. But obviously when needed to jump in and like the make the decisions, but yeah, it's it all happens kind of quite quickly. Well now we're going to have a bit of a chat between the referee and the girl touches the team ground the ball. So no try white has run the ball. I think that might be great. The crucial thing about sevens is obviously getting it right at the breakdown and making sure that the first infringement is is being got the other thing is is obviously An awareness and understanding of the flow of a going in the speed of the game. So the management side of things in sevens is absolutely absolutely crucial as well. But that breakdown is the crucial area. So athleticism is one of the key areas that we're looking at all those other little consultation. The referee is dressed arrest of engi where you think you might have dropped it good call we think so. That's a great call for seven. We're looking for young fit referees that can keep up with the pace of the game of the World Series and speed is a prerequisite for any of them. They're not fast enough to get there. No matter how well they know the laws. They're not going to be able to make the decisions. Over a period of time we will have 8 10 12 very skilled sevens referees that are very comfortable in the environment.