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Upstate NY Rugby will be moving to MatchFacts for the Fall 2024 season as our game assignment platform

Each club and conference has an established account, and Upstate NY pre-loaded the primary contact from last season (2022-2023) in the system for each account. The primary contact can log into Match Facts and follow the rest of the process. If you’re working with Upstate NY for the first time or your old primaryContinueContinue reading “Upstate NY Rugby will be moving to MatchFacts for the Fall 2024 season as our game assignment platform”

Weekly Update 10/11

Hi everyone, I hope everyone had a great weekend. Based on what I saw in the WhatsApp group, there were a number of good matches out there, but also a lot of management issues that came up, as well as some law clarifications that we all need to be better about. Gator Rolling and theContinueContinue reading “Weekly Update 10/11”

Updates- Week of 9/20

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend, and thanks to everyone who got out there and refereed. We mostly had great weather, and a good amount of exciting rugby as all of our leagues are now going full speed. Here are this week’s notes: Card ReportingAll yellow and red cards inContinueContinue reading “Updates- Week of 9/20”

Updates- Week of 9/13

First off- now that we’re underway, I hope everyone has had a great time getting back out there. There are a few pieces of information that I want to highlight: PaymentsFor all Empire GU league matches (men’s D2, D3, and D4; women’s D2 and D3): Empire GU will be paying referees directly. The society willContinueContinue reading “Updates- Week of 9/13”

Game Management Guidelines, and Advantage Webinars

The newest version of the Game Management Guidelines have been released; they can be found here: http://assets.usarugby.org/docs/refereeing/USARR-GMG.pdf?v=1629377434193 There have been a number of really good webinars coming out recently, mainly from the Advantage team. These videos break down each section listed in the GMG. Here are links to all of their most recent sessions: https://www.advantagereferee.com/fall-2021Continue Continue reading “Game Management Guidelines, and Advantage Webinars”

Team Store- Available Through 8/23/21

Now through August 23, we have a new team store option. While we will still use Steamroller throughout the year as an evergreen option, Deefort Sports (through Pat Laczkowski) has created a new jersey for us, as well as shorts, socks, and other items. We will ideally have a new jersey each year- same design,ContinueContinue reading “Team Store- Available Through 8/23/21”

Fall Availability

Please update your availability on Who’s The Ref as soon as possible. Matches are starting August 28, and Percy will be making assignments shorty. Please click the following link, and use the availability tab on the left to update your calendar through the end of the calendar year: Who’s The Ref There is also aContinueContinue reading “Fall Availability”

Global Law Trials

On August 1, World Rugby put into effect 5 new Global Law Trials. These trials focus on adding dynamism into the game, as well as player safety. You can access the trial information at https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/global-law-trials The Global Law Trials will be in place across all countries and all levels of play- we need to beContinueContinue reading “Global Law Trials”