Officials Level 2 - Developing officiating skills
Prerequisite: Participants have at least refereed one season in their domestic competition
Duration: 16 hours
Assessment: There are two options:
1. Provision of certificate for full attendance
2. For accreditation: attendance and participation in all modules; achievement of satisfactory practical assessment; achievement of 80% in open book Law test; submission of a officiating diary.
Course outline: The purpose of this course is to enable officials to develop skills to officiate safe, enjoyable competition.
Course details:
The course focuses on the following aspects of the game:
- Principles of Attack and Defence
- Key factor analysis of unit skills
- Workshop on the representative game in your country
- Refereeing principles
- Communication
- Referee support
- Fitness basics
- Responsibility and commitment
- Risk Management
- Consistent application
- Touch Judging
- Advantage
- Foul play
- Open Play
- Scrum
- Lineout
- Tackle
- Ruck
- Maul
