Useful Resources

Manual & Policies

IRFU Referee Nutrition FAQ

IRFU Policy Officiating Abroad

IRFU Social Media Policy for Referees

Code of Conduct Updated 17 06 21

Club Game Touch Judges

You can download or view the pdf and word documents below.

IRFU Referee Coaching Guidelines

IRFU Guidelines Referee Evaluation

IRFU Guidelines Referee Mentoring

IRFU Report Referee Coaching_

IRFU Report Referee Mentoring

Guide to Completing a Report on Gainline

Evaluation General Feedback Template

Additional development resources for Mentors, Coaches and Evaluators are available on Gainline.

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IRFU Referee Positioning Resource

Energia AIL Regs 24/25

IRFU  Referee Card

Referee Sending Off Form

Rolling Subs Form (4th Official Form)

Rolling Substitution Rules and Process

Discipline Abuse Incident-Report 

IRFU Place Kicking Process

Official Scoring Form

Official Team Sheet

URC Technical Zone Protocol 24 25

URC Championship Rules 24 25

URC Disciplinary Rules 24 25

Player Movement Form

URC Assistant Referee Citing Report Form

URC Assistant Referee Red Card Form

URC Assistant Referee Yellow Card Form

URC Citing Commissioner Post Match Report

URC Citing Commissioner Warning Form

URC Citing Commissioner’s Report Form

URC Referee Citing Report Form

URC Referee Red Card Form

URC Referee Yellow Card Form

URC TMO Citing Report Form

URC TMO Red Card Form

URC TMO Yellow Card Form

EPCR Match Officials Handbook

Referee Report Form

EPCR Match Timekeeper Instructions

HIA Review Process

EPCR – Official Match Day Team Sheet_

Replacement Protocol Sub form

TISSOT COUNTDOWN BRIEF

TZ Protocol Water carriers and Tech Zone FAQ

(i) If clubs are tied at full time, extra time of 10 minutes each way shall be played.
(ii) If still tied, the Club who has scored most tries shall be the winner
(iii) If still tied, the team who scored the 1st try shall be the winner.
(iv) If no tries have been scored, the team that scored the first points in the match shall be the winner.
(v) If the match is scoreless, penalty kicks shall be taken to decide the winner.

4th Official form

AIL Rolling Substitutions 2023-2024 process