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In 2015, England Rugby created a Blueprint recommending that the Rugby Football Union (RFU) works with the Rugby Football Referees Union (RFRU) to develop an improved IT and CRM system to support match officiating. It identified that lack of a central database was hampering progress.
England Rugby’s own appointing system was deemed to be failing to meet the needs of referee societies and the game in general, so England Rugby looked at commercially available systems that could deliver the Blueprint's recommendations.
After a thorough selection process, the RFU chose to use WhosTheRef.com via a nationwide licence which support officiating of all rugby in England, from grass roots up to the Gallagher Premiership (up to 114,000 appointments annually). WhosTheRef.com was selected to provide the Officiating Management system due to our:
England Rugby is already reaping rewards from having selected WhosTheRef.com as their nationwide match officials system. The immediate benefits have included:
WhosTheRef.com is committed to maintaining a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship with England Rugby and its member referee societies by:
