As we head into the 2021-2022 Competitive Season, it is important to read and understand the 2021 Global Law Trials that have been added. We have uploaded the Law Trials, a USA Rugby Created Frequently Asked Questions Document, and a grid to review all of the possible In-Goal permutations to help with the In-Goal Dropout Trial. All can be found on this site following the path below:

Documents >> Published Documents >> World Rugby Documents and Rulings

Additionally, USA Rugby held a Zoom Meeting to dive deeper into the items (note that this predates the FAQ document which includes more recent World Rugby rulings – default to the FAQ document for clarification). The link to the meeting recording is posted below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfUlu-Lo2f0&t=369s

USA Rugby has also published a 2021 Version of the Game Management Guidelines (GMGs). The GMG documents have historical provided referee focus areas and the various progressions we are meant to follow. The Law Trials are incorporated into this document. The GMG is a tremendous compliment to the Law Book in that it shows the more common rugby occurrences in plain language. The link to the 2021 Game Management Guidelines can be found on this site following the path below:

Documents >> Published Documents >> Game Management Guidelines

There have been training sessions on the Game Management Guidelines in three parts. See below:

Breakdown/Space/Advantage: https://www.advantagereferee.com/fall-2021

Touch/Lineout/Maul/Scrum: https://www.advantagereferee.com/fall-2021

Foul Play/Match Briefing: https://www.advantagereferee.com/fall-2021